Francisco Park, Urban park in Russian Hill, San Francisco, United States.
Francisco Park is an urban park in Russian Hill that sits on hillside terrain with walking paths and planted areas throughout. Views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Ghirardelli Square, and Alcatraz appear from different spots across the grounds.
The Francisco Reservoir, San Francisco's first, was established on this site in 1860. It was decommissioned in 1940 after the Lombard Street reservoir was built, and shut down in 1966. The land sat unused until 2014, when the Board of Supervisors transferred it from the utility district to the Recreation and Parks Department. The Francisco Park Conservancy built the park with neighbour donations and gifted it to the city; it opened on April 27, 2022.
The park was built by the Francisco Park Conservancy, a nonprofit supported by donations from neighbours and the community, and gifted to the City in 2022. A section of the former reservoir remains, and the park has a wrought iron fence donated from Collis Potter Huntington's Nob Hill mansion.
The park has a children's playground, a fenced dog area, and a community garden on the grounds. Public restrooms and picnic tables available for reservation are also located here.
A section of the former reservoir is preserved inside the park, and the grounds include a wrought iron fence donated from Collis Potter Huntington's Nob Hill mansion. A 450-foot accessible staircase climbs from the Hyde Street entrance.
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