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Just wanted to note that Olmsted ultimately didn't design GGP - the city consulted him for advice, which they ultimately ignored. William Hammond Hall, the topo
by enhdless 7y ago
Just wanted to note that Olmsted ultimately didn't design GGP - the city consulted him for advice, which they ultimately ignored. William Hammond Hall, the topographic engineer, ended up being the commissioner.
- ghaff 7y agoOlmsted favored a different site [1] and, as I recall, the story was that when the city didn't go along Olmsted declined to be involved--at least to any significant degree. [1] https://fromthethicket.com/2011/03/29/who-really-designed-golden-gate-park/ https://fromthethicket.com/2011/03/29/who-really-designed-go... "Interestingly, when Olmsted came to San Francisco in 1865, at the invitation of prominent citizens, and surveyed the landscape to determine a suitable location for a large urban park, he proposed an entirely different location and a very different configuration . . . more attuned to the lay of the land . . . a swath of park anchored by a large parcel hugging the lower, slopes of Buena Vista and Corona Heights, sweeping down to what is now Civic Center and from there turning north to the Bay in a wide, green boulevard along what is now Van Ness Avenue."