Posts Tagged ‘special’

The Golden Gate Express Garden Show Returns to Our Conservatory of Flowers

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

It’s back. The Golden Gate Express garden railway show is back at the at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Deets below.

Can you see what was made from what?

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These are shots from Nina Sazevich

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And these are from Saxon Holt:

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The Golden Gate Express
The Conservatory of Flowers’ popular garden railway exhibit steams back into
town for the holidays
SAN FRANCISCO — All aboard The Golden Gate Express for a San Francisco
holiday experience like no other! Golden Gate Park¹s Conservatory of Flowers
brings back its enormously popular garden railway exhibition this winter
with many new features and surprises created by local garden railroad
aficionados and artists from SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc.¹s Artist in
Residence program. It¹s a celebration of the city of San Francisco as a
model train, cable car, streetcar and more wend their way through a lush
landscape of dwarf plants and zip past mini versions of the city¹s landmark
buildings created entirely from recycled materials. New this year also are
some only-in-San Francisco special effects including the sounds of the city
and the twice-daily arrival of the fog. The Golden Gate Express will be on
view November 19, 2009 through April 18, 2010 and opens with a preview gala
November 18, 2009.

All the deets, after the jump.

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MUNI #952 is San Francisco’s Very Own Streetcar Named Desire

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Here’s San Francisco MUNI Car #952 heading into Fishermans Wharf, getting ready for Sunday Streets.

It looks just like the streetcars they have on Desire in the Big Easy:

Car No. 952 came from New Orleans to San Francisco in 1998 by arrangement between Mayors Willie Brown and Marc Morial. The occasion was the world premier of Andre Previn’s opera of Williams’ novel.

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And best of all, it only costs $1.50, $2.00, $1.50 to ride.