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Bird Watching Tour of McLaren Park this Saturday
Red shouldered hawk, photo courtesy ofSave McLaren Park photo by Ed Brownson As we’ve reported in the past, the Portola has its share of urban wildlife in large part due to our proximity to McLaren...
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Forgotten Outlook Tower Locked After Brief Liberation
McLaren Park’s Brutalist style Lookout Tower Chained up for years, the steel gate leading to the stairway of McLaren Park’s “Wilde Outlook Tower”, finally succumbed to age or forced pressure late last...
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Voice Your Support for McLaren Park Funding (Updated)
The drab welcome signs of McLaren Park, inspired by the designs of 1950’s communist Russia, Photo courtesy of SF Rec & Park We received this note in our inbox from the dedicated folks at Help...
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First Night Event in Decades Rocks Jerry Garcia Amphitheater
Photos by Zachary De Guzmán via DoTheBay FaceBook Page For the first time in 20 years, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater buzzed to life after dark. According to the S.F. Parks Alliance,- organizer behind the...
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Good morning, Portola!
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Outward Bound Ropes Course Coming to McLaren Park
Location of future ropes course. San Francisco Rec & Park and Outward Bound California are partnering to construct a ropes course high up in the trees of an underutilized portion of McLaren Park....
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Walking Path Repaving Set to Begin in McLaren Park
As part of the ongoing rehabilitation of McLaren Park, repaving the park’s crumbling walking paths with start in the coming weeks. We are told that the first several phases of work will occur around...
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Zephyros is no more, new sculpture coming to Palega Park
No match for Portola’s strong winds, the twirling kinetic sculpture at Palega Park known as “Zephyros” has been in and out of the repair shop pretty much since its inception. Neighbor Jackie Morri,...
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New Playground Coming to McLaren Park’s Big Picnic Area
In the works for years thanks to the guiding hand of Help McLaren Park, construction will soon begin on a new playground near the Group Picnic Area. Situated on the site of a long-gone McLaren Park...
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Crosstown Trail Grand Premier June 1-2!
A newly mapped urban walking/biking trail across San Francisco has just been born, and the Portola is a part of it! The San Francisco Crosstown Trail crosses San Francisco diagonally from southeast to...
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