Talk:Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California
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Wd like to add:
Much of the land adjacent to Ocean Beach that later became the Sunset district, Richmond district, and Golden Gate Park, was sand. Adolph Sutro, who once mayor of SF, owned a good deal of SF land, including that which held the Cliff House and Sutro Baths, just north of Ocean Beach, where on weekends they had races or buggies or promenades on the one road there. Though Wiki has a good article on Golden Gate Park, mentioning Scottish gardener John McClaren, for whom McClaren Park and McClaren Golf Courses were named, I don't think it mentions Sutro [and I'm not sure that he did!] having imported Australian eucalyptus trees that grew on its top soil placed over the sand. Sutro's home was what later became beautifuol Sutro Heights Park, which he used 18 gardeners to maintain. There's some information and great old time photos at this site:
More photos here:
http://www.hss.cmu.edu/philosophy/kelly/house.htm
DonL 10:04, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unverified claims?
What's the deal with the "unverified claims" tag? I don't see anything here on the talk page. If no one objects, I will remove the tag. Florihupf 01:17, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Done so. Florihupf 07:56, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
