a blog by Peter Leonard
After many years of reconstruction, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park has finally opened.
The big feature is the ‘green roof’, shown here:
The surface features a variety of plants which should thrive year-round:
The Steinhart aquarium has been re-created below ground, where it connects with the spherical rainforest above:
Old favorites such as Africa Hall have been restored:
Long-time visitors to the old museum will remember the decorative railings surrounding the alligator pit, which have been restored:
For more nostalgia, the SFGate has a blog entry on people’s memories of the old museum before its renovation. But there’s no doubt the new museum reflects the moment of its creation — the trash cans all say “Landfill” for non-recyclable items:
The entire collection of photograph is on Flickr here or on my own site here.