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December 2010 Blog Posts (3)

MISSING MEADOW

Don't be alarmed if you pass through Rotary Meadow and find a patch of bare soil in one small area. The meadow is being replanted this winter with several new species of grasses and plants which are not already found within the garden area. This is part of the intent of the original demonstration area, to determine what succeeds and what doesn't. The area where the work is taking place was one of the lowest performing of the areas planted in 2004. Now six years after the original planting,…

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Added by Craig Dawson on December 15, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

New Map shows Trails in San Francisco

The Walker's Map of San Francisco is a great new map by Sutro Steward's cartographer, Ben Pease, who has been exploring San Francisco for more than 3 decades. This large-format topographic map shows all the City's neighborhoods, parks, and trails.

The north half extends from Golden Gate Park and Civic Center north to Angel Island and the Marin Headlands; the south…

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Added by Benjamin Pease on December 7, 2010 at 11:05am — 1 Comment

Busy First Week of December

Early on the morning of December 1, Dan, Hector and I set about reconstructing the granite bench that sits in Rotary Meadow. Fairly confidant it wouldn't be too complicated with

assistance of our skilled BobCat operator Hector, we assembled at the site with rock bars and assorted tools and timber. I can't say for sure what the weight of those granite slabs is for certain but before the morning was over many tons of stone were lifted and jockeyed into place. In the process the bases… Continue

Added by Craig Dawson on December 6, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments