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Golden Gate Heights
This 725 foot high bluff offers great views of the ocean. The homes in its curving and steep lanes are mostly from 1950-1970 built, with the exception of a few quainter dwellings facing Forest Hill. Mostly single family homes, with a few duplexes and apartments.
Golden Gate Park
In 1871 William Hammond Hall, an ex-army engineer, was appointed as the parks first superintendent. Within 5 years, he designed the park, figured out how to anchor the sand dunes by planting imported sand grass and how to make the trees grow, and he had begun at the east end to landscape the barren waste. Uncle John McLaren later took over the work. The park that Hall designed and McLaren built is one of the great monuments of romantic landscape design. The park is perennially green, since most of the vegetation is not deciduous and there are beautiful gardens throughout. Also, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Academy of Sciences occupy the park. The 'de Young' is currently being re-designed by noted architects Herzog and de Meuron.
Inner Sunset
A middle class residential area, close to the Golden Gate Park and the University Of California's medical center. The shopping center on Irving Street offers a mixed array of stores and restaurants, with an international flair.
Parkside
Parallel to Pine Lake Park and Stern Grove, Parkside has a community feel, with two playgrounds, a meadow-like playing field at McCopping Square and elementary schools with their playing fields and swingsets. This area is predominantly filled with single-family residences.
Stern Grove
In the 1870's George M. Greene began what is now Stern Grove, by planting many eucalyptus trees to ward off the invading sand dunes. Sigmund Stern Memorial Grove, was given to the city by Mrs. Stern in 1932, as a place of natural and cultural refreshment through the medium of the summer music festival.
Sunset
The first homes were built in the Sunset, in the post-World War II decades. As streets multiplied, numerous small contractors and builders contributed by developing one lot or two at a time. A potpourri of styles emerged. Henry Doelger was known as a good builder. He used redwood for the frame and 'put on the architecture' last. A culturally mixed neighborhood, with many Irish and Chinese people. The area is mostly flat and runs all the way out from Stanyan to Ocean Beach.
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