A little blue bird in Cayuga Park, San Francisco
Cayuga Park sits at the end of Cayuga lane under the 280 freeway and the Bart tracks in an area called The Excelsior district in San Francisco. I had been hearing for years about this little park and its grounds attendant Demetrio Braceros, but we all know how life goes on and we never quite get all the things on our list accomplished. This was one of them, and well, it is still one of them. I knew I was in trouble when I really had an incredibly difficult time finding the place, no signs for the park and no signs of a park. After getting out of my car and wandering for a while, I finally found a badly worn sign stating that due to seismic upgrade to BART the hillside was dangerous and they had closed the park for construction. It is due to reopen in June. That I promise, is not going to happen, peaking through the fence I could see that there was far more than a months worth of work. I will give this one at least another 6 months and go back on my quest. This little fellow, however, is at the main gate and seems to be making sure things continue as they should. In the meantime, there is an amazing article by Richard Whittaker that is quite long about the park, and more importantly about Demetrio Braceros.
Here are a few more photos I was able to shoot through the chain link fence.
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10 responses to “Excelsior District – Blue Bird of Happiness”
Back to having trouble commenting! Love the adventure!
Terrific sooc shots! Happy weekend!!
What an interesting place, and your photos are great. I look forward to your return visit.
The second photo looks like something straight out of the islands–Hawaiian Islands, that is,
where I’m vacationing at the moment.
What a disappointment. The shots you got are great!
Teresa
Beautiful images… seems like this park will be worth the wait…
Oh that is interesting…Happy SOOC Sunday.
Mine is here
Oh wow! I love them all!
http://carabossesbedchamber.blogspot.com/2011/06/straight-out-of-camera-sunday.html
Great shots! Love the bokeh in the first one!
I hope you get to visit and cross a visit to the park off your list. Love the wooden sculptures.