San Francisco Visitors Planning Guide - Winter/Spring 2009 - (Page 49) se e S ee & d o Do gardens as well as the most extensive botanical reference library in the U.S. Docentled walks of the 17 extraordinary gardens are offered daily. Constructed in 1893 for the California Midwinter International Exposition, the Japanese Tea Garden is graced with torii (gates), pagodas, 28 a moon bridge and a 1.5-ton Buddha. Fortune cookies were first created and served here in 1914 and can still be enjoyed in the teahouse. Other notable gardens include the National AIDS Memorial, Shakespeare Garden and Rose Garden as well as ones dedicated to San Francisco’s official flower, the dahlia. In 1887 San Francisco opened America’s first public playground. The Koret Children’s Quarter reopened in July 2007 after a $3.8 million renovation. Still famed for its circa-1912 HerschellSpillman carousel, it also has a fabulously fun hillside slide. Public transit: 74X-CultureBus ($7 per passenger) offers express service from down2 town directly to Golden Gate Park. N-Judah from Powell and Market or the #5-Fulton from McAllister and Polk. For information, 38 visit www.parks.sfgov.org or call 311. aBOvE (from left): the new 74x-culturebus; conservatory of Flowers; Japanese tea Garden. ©sFmta, ©chee-onn leong/istockphoto, ©andrea Golod/Weaver 2 38 boa 23rd Ave 3rd Ave Arguello rillo Park Presidio Note: Kennedy Dr. from 19th Ave. to Kezar Dr. is closed to vehicular traffic on Sundays and holidays. Turn right at barricade to Martin Luther King Jr.Dr., continue east. Barricades indicate Sunday and holiday closures. Occasionally park roads are also closed for special events and drivers will be directed at the site. 28 Note: Kennedy Dr. from Transverse Dr. and western side of Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr. and Stow Lake Dr. between Stow Lake Dr. East and John F. Kennedy closed to vehicular traffic on Saturdays April-September. 44 To Underground Garage Golden Gate Park 44 University of San Francisco 6th 10th 19th 17th 21st 15th 9th 7th 5th 21 21 5 29 loyd ake ed Glen ke 1 71 21st 29 29 CultureBus (74X) Inbound Route & Stop 15th 13th 19th 17th 11th Irving 71 Hugo 9th 7th Carl 23rd N 49 MILE CultureBus (74X) Outbound Route & Stop Parnassus 28 N N 44 Judah UCSF University of California Medical Center SCENIC DRIVE Culture Bus Inbound & Outbound Stop Cole Valley Grattan Playground Design: Reineck & Reineck San Francisco © San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau 2009 Oak 5 Horseshoe Woodlands Garden of Pits 44 Heroes Humanitarians Conservatory 28 Prayerbook Hayes Grove Fuchsia 21 of Flowers Kenn Cross Skate Dell edy Rainbow Rose Dr Area McLaren Falls Garden Conservatory De Young Lodge Pioneer Doughboy Valley No dogs en Rhododendron Museum rd Fell Log Dell allowed Meadow Peacock Ga Cabin Panhandle ea Meadow Lily Japanese a T Music Tennis Pond Tea ar Boat Courts iw Garden Concourse House Oak Sunbathers Meadow East Sharon Spreckles 44 Drive California Middle Meadows Temple Academy of Page Haight of Music 44 Sciences National Strawberry Stow Ashbury AIDS Alvord Hill Handball Lake Memorial Koret Children’s Quarter Shakespeare To Lake Courts Haight 71 7 Chinese Garden Underground Sharon Children’s Pavilion Lawn Garage Arts Playground/ Bowling Bldg Carousel 7 Waller San Kezar Big Rec Francisco Pavilion SF Ball Field Botanical County Garden Park Fair lah r Dr za Natural Beu Police Bldg Ke uther King Jr Dr Areas/ in L Kezar Mart Volunteer Kezar Parking Lincoln Office Stadium Lot 71 Frederick Fulton 21 5 Hag Stanyan Cole http://www.parks.sfgov.org
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