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Glen Canyon Park San Francisco, California
Glen Canyon Park is a city park in San Francisco, California. It occupies about 70 acres (28 ha) along a deep canyon adjacent to the Glen Park, Diamond Heights, and Miraloma Park neighborhoods. [from wikipedia]
Boulders Graffiti History and Coastal Scrub Paths Plants Signage Sports The Park
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Boulders, Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

In common usage, a boulder is too large for a person to move. Smaller boulders are usually just called rocks or stones. The word boulder derives from boulder stone, from the Middle English bulderston or Swedish bullersten.[from wikipedia]

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Graffiti, In Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

Historic forms of graffiti have helped gain understanding into the lifestyles and languages of past cultures. Errors in spelling and grammar in these graffiti offer insight into the degree of literacy in Roman times and provide clues on the pronunciation of spoken Latin.[from wikipedia]

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History and Coastal Scrub, Of Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

History, knowledge acquired by investigation, is the study and the documentation of the past.[from wikipedia]

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Paths, In Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses.[from wikipedia]

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Plants, In Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color.[from wikipedia]

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Signage, In Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

Signs are any kind of visual graphics created to display information to a particular audience. This is typically manifested in the form of wayfinding information in places such as streets or on the inside and outside buildings. Signs vary in form and size based on location and intent, from more expansive banners, billboards, and murals, to smaller street signs, street name signs, sandwich boards and lawn signs. Newer signs may also use digital or electronic displays.[from wikipedia]

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Sports, In Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

Sport is generally recognized as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition.[from wikipedia]

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The Park, Glen Canyon Park, Elk & Chenery Streets, San Francisco, California

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities.[from wikipedia]


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