Lloyd Lake | |
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Location | Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°46′13″N 122°28′56″W / 37.77028°N 122.48222°W [1] |
Basin countries | United States |
Lloyd Lake, also known as Mirror Lake or Kissane Lake, is a clay-lined lake in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, named in memory of Reuben Hedley Lloyd, the park commissioner. [2] It is home to a wide variety of non-native, non- migratory birds. Birds to be found within the lake area include geese, Pekin ducks, Muscovy ducks, Campbell ducks, mallards, gulls and pigeons. [3]
The lake is home to some early San Francisco architecture: the remains of Alban Nelson Towne's 1101 California Street, Nob Hill house can be found by the lake, between JFK Drive and Crossover Drive. [4] After the 1906 earthquake and fire devastated the building, his wife presented the portico, popularly known as "Portals to the Past", to the park in 1909. [3] All that remains of the mansion are the ionic columns of the entrance, which stand in isolation. [5]
The site is mentioned in Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo (1958) as a place where Madeleine Elster ( Kim Novak) enters a trance and becomes possessed. "Portals to the Past" also play a significant role in the novel License to Ensorcell (2011) by Katharine Kerr.
Lloyd Lake | |
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Location | Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°46′13″N 122°28′56″W / 37.77028°N 122.48222°W [1] |
Basin countries | United States |
Lloyd Lake, also known as Mirror Lake or Kissane Lake, is a clay-lined lake in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, named in memory of Reuben Hedley Lloyd, the park commissioner. [2] It is home to a wide variety of non-native, non- migratory birds. Birds to be found within the lake area include geese, Pekin ducks, Muscovy ducks, Campbell ducks, mallards, gulls and pigeons. [3]
The lake is home to some early San Francisco architecture: the remains of Alban Nelson Towne's 1101 California Street, Nob Hill house can be found by the lake, between JFK Drive and Crossover Drive. [4] After the 1906 earthquake and fire devastated the building, his wife presented the portico, popularly known as "Portals to the Past", to the park in 1909. [3] All that remains of the mansion are the ionic columns of the entrance, which stand in isolation. [5]
The site is mentioned in Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo (1958) as a place where Madeleine Elster ( Kim Novak) enters a trance and becomes possessed. "Portals to the Past" also play a significant role in the novel License to Ensorcell (2011) by Katharine Kerr.