Francisco Park
| Francisco Park | |
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,_July_2023.jpg) Francisco Park in July 2023 | |
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| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°48′14″N 122°25′16″W / 37.8039°N 122.4210°W |
| Established | April 27, 2022 |
| Operated by | San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department |
Francisco Park is a public park in the Russian Hill neighborhood in San Francisco, California.[1] The accessible park has a large lawn, a community garden, picnic tables, a public restroom, and seating areas. It opened in 2022.
History[edit]
The location of the park was established as a reservoir, named the Francisco Reservoir, in 1860. This reservoir was decommissioned in 1940, following the establishment of the Lombard Street Reservoir.[2][3] The property then sat unused until 2014, when the city Board of Supervisors voted to hand over the property from the utility district to the city's Recreation and Parks Department. The park was then built by Francisco Park Conservancy, a nonprofit organization supported by the donations from the neighbors and community and finally gifted to the City in 2022. It opened on April 27, 2022, and was the largest public park established in the city in over 40 years.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Francisco Street Reservoir Improvement Project | San Francisco Recreation and Parks, CA". sfrecpark.org.
- ^ a b SFGATE, Silas Valentino (May 2, 2022). "SF's biggest public park in nearly 40 years opens on Russian Hill". SFGATE.
- ^ "Former Reservoir On San Francisco's Russian Hill Transformed Into New City Park". April 27, 2022.
External links[edit]
Media related to Francisco Park at Wikimedia Commons