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Unfinished History

South Park, 1853: San Francisco's first planned development, looking southwest from 2nd Street (Rincon Hill), Twin Peaks and Mt. Davidson in background.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Built by capitalist George Gordon shortly after the gold rush, South Park was designed by George H. Goddard, Esq., an Englishman, and featured several lavish mansions around an "orchard." According to historian Albert Shumate, who assembled the book South Park and Rincon Hill (Windgate Press), the oval shape was part of what was known as the "English Crescent Design," and was intended to promote neighborliness.

The original development financed by George Gordon, stalled in this 1862 image.

Photo: Online Archive of California

Forty years later in the 1890s South Park had become a pleasant but forgotten urban park.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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+'''South Park, 1853: San Francisco's first planned development, looking southwest from 2nd Street (Rincon Hill), Twin Peaks and Mt. Davidson in background.'''
+''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''
+Built by capitalist George Gordon shortly after the gold rush, South Park was designed by George H. Goddard, Esq., an Englishman, and featured several lavish mansions around an "orchard." According to historian Albert Shumate, who assembled the book [http://www.printsoldandrare.com/windgatepress/page8.html ''South Park and Rincon Hill''] (Windgate Press), the oval shape was part of what was known as the "English Crescent Design," and was intended to promote neighborliness.
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+'''The original development financed by George Gordon, stalled in this 1862 image.'''
+''Photo: Online Archive of California''
+[[Image:South-Park-c-1890s.jpg]]
+'''Forty years later in the 1890s South Park had become a pleasant but forgotten urban park.'''
 ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''
-''' '''Built by capitalist George Gordon shortly after the gold rush, South Park was designed by George H. Goddard, Esq., an Englishman, and featured several lavish mansions around an "orchard." According to historian Albert Shumate, who assembled the book [http://www.printsoldandrare.com/windgatepress/page8.html ''South Park and Rincon Hill''] (Windgate Press), the oval shape was part of what was known as the "English Crescent Design," and was intended to promote neighborliness.
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