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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''

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'''Inaugural ceremony for "Philosopher's Way" in [[McLaren Park|McLaren Park]], January 5, 2013.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Checking out the new plaques on the Philosopher's Way loop in McLaren Park, January 2013.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''View from same spot looking north.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''During a Shaping San Francisco Public Talk on Storytelling and Memory Keepers, artist Susan Schwartzenberg describes the development and creation of "Philosophers Way," a meandering circular path that integrates older paths around McLaren Park into a new circumnavigation of the whole park. Elegant marble plaques quoting historic events, musings, and set in under-appreciated view spots, highlight the tour.'''

''Video: Shaping San Francisco''

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'''Susan Schwartzenberg and Peter Richards at inaugural, January 5, 2013.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''SF Arts Commission Plaque'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at the Cow Palace (visible in distance) in 1964, and this plaque commemorates that event.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''MLK plaque'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Forest trail, part of Philosopher's Way.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Hiking Philosopher's Way, January 2013.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Describing how the street names in the Excelsior were changed after WWII.'''

''Photos: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Reading plaque about origins of Visitacion Valley, overlooking the former [[Vis Valley|Brisbane Lagoon]].'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Visitacion Valley origins.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''View north from McLaren Park, Bernal Heights in foreground, downtown in distance, 2013.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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'''Five years later, 2018, this view from further south and west on a higher peak in McLaren Park.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


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