Lake Merced a 'shipwreck' - Revision history

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	''by Chris Carlsson''		''by Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:Aerial-Lake-Merced-1999.jpg]]

			'''Aerial view of Lake Merced, 1999.'''

			''Photo: from a video by Chris Carlsson''

	[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1996.jpg]]		[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1996.jpg]]

Texteradmin at 02:39, 21 August 2009

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	[[Image:Tours-water.gif]] [[MISSION BAY\| Continue Water Tour]]		[[Image:Tours-water.gif\|link=MISSION BAY]] [[MISSION BAY\| Continue Water Tour]]

	[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]		[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]

	[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]

Texteradmin at 15:10, 19 August 2009

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	''May 10, 1999''		''May 10, 1999''

	[[Image:water~~-tour-button-new~~.~~jpg~~]] [[MISSION BAY\|~~-->~~ Water Tour]]		<hr>

			[[Image:Tours-water.gif]] [[MISSION BAY\| Continue Water Tour]]

	[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]		[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]

	[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]

Lisaruth at 21:07, 28 January 2009

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	Lake Merced in 1999 is in dire shape. The lake's concessionaire recently quit, after fifteen years of steady degradation: water levels to maintain a healthy aquatic environment, rampant tule growth that block shore access, vandalism, and maintenance of bathrooms, piers and docks.		Lake Merced in 1999 is in dire shape. The lake's concessionaire recently quit, after fifteen years of steady degradation: water levels to maintain a healthy aquatic environment, rampant tule growth that block shore access, vandalism, and maintenance of bathrooms, piers and docks.

	''SF Examiner'' writer ~~Tom Stienstra~~ reported on March 3, 1999:		''Tom Stienstra, ''SF Examiner'' writer, ''reported on March 3, 1999'':

	''"The first thing you notice [on a visit] is the low water level. The Master Plan calls for a 27-foot water level, but it's more like 17 feet, and that's the highest it has been in 10 years. The lake has been as low as half empty in the 1990s, and for years, [Chris] Senti [manager of boat lodge] has argued that the SF Water Dept. could easily fill the lake with water from Crystal Springs.		''"The first thing you notice [on a visit] is the low water level. The Master Plan calls for a 27-foot water level, but it's more like 17 feet, and that's the highest it has been in 10 years. The lake has been as low as half empty in the 1990s, and for years, [Chris] Senti [manager of boat lodge] has argued that the SF Water Dept. could easily fill the lake with water from Crystal Springs.

Lisaruth at 23:44, 16 December 2008

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	'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''		'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

			''by Chris Carlsson''

	[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1996.jpg]]		[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1996.jpg]]
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	The obvious culprit for the falling water levels at Lake Merced are the three golf courses that surround it. The lake's history as a site of [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|explosive wildflowers]] and as an estuary to the ocean are long gone and forgotten. Students and teachers from local schools are heroically trying to reverse the demise of the lake, but at this writing lack the public political support they'll need to get it done.		The obvious culprit for the falling water levels at Lake Merced are the three golf courses that surround it. The lake's history as a site of [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|explosive wildflowers]] and as an estuary to the ocean are long gone and forgotten. Students and teachers from local schools are heroically trying to reverse the demise of the lake, but at this writing lack the public political support they'll need to get it done.

	''~~--Chris Carlsson,~~ May 10, 1999''		''May 10, 1999''

	[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[MISSION BAY\|--> Water Tour]]		[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[MISSION BAY\|--> Water Tour]]

Lisaruth at 00:37, 9 December 2008

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	''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''		''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''

	[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[~~Mission Bay~~\|--> Water Tour]]		[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[MISSION BAY\|--> Water Tour]]

	[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]		[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]

	[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]

Lisaruth: changed place in water tour

2008-12-09T00:35:06Z

changed place in water tour

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	''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''		''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''

	[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[Mission ~~Creek~~\|--> Water Tour]]		[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[Mission Bay\|--> Water Tour]]

	[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]		[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]

	[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]

Lisaruth: changed place in water tour

2008-12-09T00:32:25Z

changed place in water tour

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	''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''		''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''

	[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[~~Ocean Beach c 1920~~\|--> Water Tour]]		[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[Mission Creek\|--> Water Tour]]

	[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]		[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]

	[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]

Lisaruth: added page to Water Tour

2008-12-05T00:21:34Z

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1996.jpg]]		[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1996.jpg]]

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	''"The boat hoists at the South Lake, where residents once could launch dinghies, sailboats and row boats, are not only inoperable, but even if repaired, no longer reach open water. They haven't worked for 10 years, without intervention by The City."''		''"The boat hoists at the South Lake, where residents once could launch dinghies, sailboats and row boats, are not only inoperable, but even if repaired, no longer reach open water. They haven't worked for 10 years, without intervention by The City."''

	The obvious culprit for the falling water levels at Lake Merced are the three golf courses that surround it. The lake's history as a site of [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|explosive wildflowers]] and as an estuary to the ocean are long gone and forgotten. Students and teachers from local schools are heroically trying to reverse the demise of the lake, but at this writing lack the public political support they'll need to get it done.

	~~''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''~~

	[[Image:Cm hardingpark21949.jpg]]		[[Image:Cm hardingpark21949.jpg]]
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	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

			The obvious culprit for the falling water levels at Lake Merced are the three golf courses that surround it. The lake's history as a site of [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|explosive wildflowers]] and as an estuary to the ocean are long gone and forgotten. Students and teachers from local schools are heroically trying to reverse the demise of the lake, but at this writing lack the public political support they'll need to get it done.

			''--Chris Carlsson, May 10, 1999''

			[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[Ocean Beach c 1920\|--> Water Tour]]

	[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]		[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]

	[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]

Lisaruth: removed category SFSU/Ingleside

2008-10-21T22:11:32Z

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	'''1940s golf tournament at Harding Park, one of the golf courses using Lake Merced water.'''		'''1940s golf tournament at Harding Park, one of the golf courses using Lake Merced water.'''

	''Photo: San Francisco History ~~Room~~, SF Public Library''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''


	[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]		[[Shields-Orizaba Rocky Outcrop \|Prev. Document]] [[Lake Merced Wild Garden \|Next Document]]

	~~[[category:SFSU/Ingleside]]~~ [[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:OMI/Ingleside]] [[category:water]] [[category:1990s]]