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Golden Gate Park is one of San Francisco's most beautiful and beloved public parks, attracting more than 13 million annual visitors. The park spans 1,017 acres throughout the city, originally developed in the 1870s by William Hammond Hall and John McLaren, and has been compared to New York City's Central Park for its shape and design. Museums and cultural attractions abound, including the acclaimed de Young Museum, the California Academy of Sciences, the San Francisco Botanical Garden, and the United States' oldest Japanese tea garden. Many attractions are anchored around the Music Concourse, a sunken oval plaza originally developed for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. The park is also home to a beautiful 1914 Herschell-Spillman Company Carousel, a children's playground, and several manmade lakes and power windmills.
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