Night Bloom 2019 Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA

Happy 150th Anniversary Golden Gate Park From The Alameda in San Jose, CA. We Are Connected

Conservatory of Flowers Night Bloom 2019
Night Bloom 2020 has been postponed until next year.
In 1890 Dr. John Hays McLaren was selected to be the landscape architect of Golden Gate Park. Fredrick Olmstead (landscape architect of Central Park and Prospect Park in NYC) declined after viewing the inhospitable landscape.
John Mclaren transformed the landscape from sand dunes into one of the most beautiful public parks in the world. He was superintendent of the park until he died in 1943.
The Alameda and San Jose Connection
Conservatory of Flowers
A building of unknown origins. The conservatory was bought as a kit by James Lick for his estate in San Jose, then purchased as a gift for San Francisco after his death in 1876. it was assembled as the first formal structure in Golden Gate Park in 1879. (Wikipedia)
In 1907 land developer Lewis Hanchett hired John McLaren to design Hanchett Residence Park on the former 76-acre Agricultural Park bounded by Race Street, Park Avenue, the Alameda, and Hester Avenue.
John McLaren is credited with creating San Jose’s first Residence park, a park-like setting with sidewalks, street lamps, wide curved streets, trees were separated 30 feet apart, and utility poles were placed in backyards.
San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
In 1931 John McLaren, designer of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, and Dr. J. Horace McFarland, president of the American Rose Society, and City of San Jose’s Planning Director Michael H. Antonacci drew up the original plans for San Jose’s Municipal Rose Garden, opened in 1937
David C. Hill Photographer/Filmmaker The Alameda 1799 California’s First Built Road.

Music
Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 ‘Autumn’
The Modena Chamber Orchestra
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