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23 May 2023, Point Pinole (Regional Shoreline), Richmond, CA

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23.5.2023, Point Pinole (Regional Shoreline), Richmond, CA

As for current Pt. Pinole maps: instead of „Parking areas“, the maps indicate „Staging areas“ [Sammelpunkte] – a subtle but meaningful shift in terminology.

1988_11 Point Pinole (Richmond, CA) & Mt.Tam

Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pinole_Regional_Shoreline (17.3.2023): … on the shores of the San Pablo Bay … (the northern arm of the San Francisco Bay) … operated by the East Bay Regional Park District … located in the city of Richmond, California … on the site of a number of former explosives factories … little trace of it now remains … The facility’s former tramway grades provide a network of nearly 20 kilometers … of gently sloping paths … The other relic of the park’s industrial past is the large number of eucalyptus glades groves which were planted around the factory site to buffer against potential explosions … The park features the promontory of Point Pinole … offers superb views across the bay in all directions, towards San Francisco to the southwest, Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Headlands to the northwest, inland across San Pablo Bay to the north and east, and Mt. Diablo inland to the southeast. Fresh and ocean waters mix at this point, so the marine life is rich … The park is a mixture of grassland and woodland, with beaches and low cliffs … has a particularly rich bird life … is located on the Pacific Flyway … is located on the Hayward Fault … The San Francisco Bay Trail runs through the park …

East Bay Regional Park District („Healthy Parks Healthy people“): Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, www.ebparks.org/parks/point-pinole (18.3.2023): … views of Mt. Tamalpais, the Marin shoreline, and San Pablo Bay with its sailboat and shipping traffic … In April 2017, the Park District completed major restoration and public access enhancements … NOTE: Dogs limit to 3 dogs per person. No commercial dog walking trails are available …

[From the flyer, www.ebparks.org/sites/default/files/Point-Pinole-map_0.pdf] … The Dotson Family Marsh habitat restoration project … funded by more than 10 agencies to mitigate sea level rise and coastal and inland flooding … renamed in honor of the Dotson family, longtime residents of adjacent Parchester Village, for their environmental legacy to save the Richmond shoreline from industrial development … The San Francisco Bay Trail project added 1.5-miles of new trail, extending the existing 4.5 miles of Bay Trail within the park … The Huchiun-Aguasto, an Ohlone-speaking tribe, thrived in this area for many generations, in part due to their ability to both manage and harvest shellfish by the bluffs in a manner that increased shellfish abundance … From 1881 to 1960, the point was the site of four dynamite companies, including the Giant Powder Company …

18 May 2023, ♣ San Francisco: Golden Gate Park

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18.5.2023, ♣ San Francisco: Golden Gate Park

Shakespeare Garden; Van Niekerken, Bill (2015_09_08): The mysteries of Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park, www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/The-mysteries-of-Shakespeare-Garden-in-Golden-6491913.php: … The tiny meadow’s actual name is the Garden of Shakespeare’s Flower … the California Spring Blossom and Wildflower Association … championed plans for a garden where all of the flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare could grow … The Parks Commission … approved the plan in September 1927, and the association and legendary Superintendent John McLaren got to work installing water lines, plowing the grounds and fertilizing the soil …

Music Concourse, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Concourse: … an open-air plaza … Flanking the oval-shaped concourse are the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Academy of Sciences … Originally excavated for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, it underwent … significant redesign … as a venue for public gatherings centered on music performances … focal point of the plaza, Spreckels Temple of Music … has served as a stage for numerous performers … the Grateful Dead …

Hamon Tower, De Young Museum, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Young_Museum: … 44 m … observation tower allows visitors to see much of Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse … and rises above the Park’s treetops, providing a view of the Golden Gate and Marin Headlands. The twisting … tower is a distinctive feature …

Conservatory of Flowers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatory_of_Flowers: … a greenhouse and botanical garden that houses a collection of rare and exotic plants … With construction having been completed in 1879, it is the oldest building in the park. It was one of the first municipal conservatories constructed in the United States and is the oldest remaining municipal wooden conservatory in the country … sits atop a gentle slope overlooking Conservatory Valley … modeled after Kew Gardens in London … The conservatory has 16,800 window panes …

Golden Gate Park, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park: … large urban park … administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development … Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape to … Central Park in New York City, to which it is often compared …

8, 16-17 May 2023, ♣ Φ The Presidio of San Francisco

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8., 16.-17. May 2023, The Presidio of San Francisco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco: … (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco …) … a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula … part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area … a fortified location since … 1776, when New Spain established the presidio to gain a foothold in Alta California … passed to Mexico in 1820 … to the United States in 1848 … As part of a 1989 military reduction program …, Congress voted to end the Presidio’s status as an active military installation of the U.S. Army … 1994, it was transferred to the National Park Service, ending 219 years of military use and beginning its next phase of mixed commercial and public use … In a first-of-its-kind structure, Congress mandated that the Presidio Trust make the Presidio financially self-sufficient by 2013. The Presidio achieved the goal in 2005 … The park has … wooded areas, hills, and scenic vistas overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean … recognized as a California Historical Landmark in 1933 … as a National Historic Landmark in 1962 … Beginning in the 1890s, the Presidio was home to the Letterman Army Medical Center (LAMC), named in 1911 for Jonathan Letterman, the medical director of the Civil War-era Army of the Potomac …

Preservation – After a hard-fought battle, the Presidio averted being sold at auction and came under the management of the Presidio Trust, a U.S. government corporation established … in 1996. The Presidio Trust … has jurisdiction over the interior 80 percent of the Presidio, including nearly all of its historic structures. The National Park Service manages coastal areas … The Presidio Trust Act calls for “preservation of the cultural and historic integrity of the Presidio for public use.” The Act also requires that the Presidio Trust be financially self-sufficient … These imperatives have resulted in numerous conflicts between the need to maximize income by leasing historic buildings, and permitting public use despite most structures being rented privately. Further differences … from the divergent needs of preserving the integrity of the National Historic Landmark District in the face of new construction, competing pressures for natural habitat restoration …  inventory of approximately 800 buildings, many of them historical … Sections of the Letterman Army Hospital were preserved by the Thoreau Center for Sustainability … The Trust entered a major agreement with Lucasfilm to build a new facility called the Letterman Digital Arts Center (LDAC), which is now Lucasfilm’s corporate headquarters. The site replaced portions of what was the Letterman Hospital. George Lucas won the development rights for 15 acres (6.1 ha) of the Presidio, in June 1999, after beating out a number of rival plans …

Presidio Cycling advance – Signage: „The Presidio Trust is piloting an innovative type of bike facility called Advisory Bike Lanes … where roadway width is limited and traffic volumes are low … When two cars traveling in opposite directions approach each other, one vehicle merges into the bike lane to pass … When cyclists are in the bike lane, the motorists must yield to the cyclists before entering the bike lane …”Presidio Cycling advance – Signage: „The Presidio Trust is piloting an innovative type of bike facility called Advisory Bike Lanes … where roadway width is limited and traffic volumes are low … When two cars traveling in opposite directions approach each other, one vehicle merges into the bike lane to pass … When cyclists are in the bike lane, the motorists must yield to the cyclists before entering the bike lane …”

16 May 2023, Point Reyes (Marin County, CA)

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16 May 2023, Point Reyes (Marin County, CA)

Dayhike:

  • (Drive on Limantour Rd. / Muddy Hollow Rd)
  • Starting from trailhead: Muddy Hollow Trail to the South -> Limantour Beach
  • Along Limantour Beach, eastwards
  • Coast Trail to the North, up to Muddy Hollow Rd (near Pt. Reyes Hostel)
  • Proceeding to trailhead.

Links:

Sign: “Measure for sea level. This pole marks projected sea level and storm surge – showing how rising waters could affect this coastal estuary system … projected sea level in 2100 … elevation of bridge deck …“

Point Reyes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Reyes: … Spanish: Punto de los Reyes … a prominent cape … on the Pacific coast … in Marin County … The term is often applied to the Point Reyes Peninsula, the region bounded by Tomales Bay on the northeast and Bolinas Lagoon on the southeast. The headland is protected as part of Point Reyes National Seashore … The cape protects Drakes Bay on its southern side. The headland is largely drained by Drakes Estero … The contemporary inhabitants of the Point Reyes area at the time of European arrival were the Coast Miwok … Four towns comprise the communities of Point Reyes: Bolinas, Olema, Inverness, and Point Reyes Station. For centuries, Bolinas’ remote lagoon made it the perfect secret harbor …

Point Reyes National Seashore / Historic Landscapes of Point Reyes, www.nps.gov/pore/learn/historyculture/places_historiclandscapes.htm (18.3.23): The … peninsula is remarkably covered with numerous layers of human activity that have left sometimes overt, other times subtle changes on the landscape … identified twelve historic cultural landscapes within its boundaries and the north district of Golden Gate National Recreation Area administered by Point Reyes … The dairy and cattle ranches … represent the single largest cultural landscape …

9 May 2023, ♣ Φ Berkeley parks

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9.5.2023, Berkeley parks

Arbitrary collection of Berkeley parks, strongly varying in character:

  • Aquatic park
  • Berkeley Hills incl. Clark Kerr trail
  • Berkeley Rose Garden, see: 23.5.2023
  • People’s park, see: 6.5.2023
  • Poetry Park at Arts Magnet School, see: 27.5.2023
  • SF Bay Trail, see: 9.5.2023
  • Tilden Park, incl. Nimitz trail

City of Berkeley: Parks and recreation – Parks, https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/parks-recreation: Berkeley has over fifty parks, with various amenities including picnic areas, sports facilities, and more. Please follow the park rules when you visit …