RON HENGGELER

The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park

The Conservatory of Flowers was completed in 1878, and it remains the oldest building in the park.

The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park is also the oldest municipal wooden conservatory remaining in the United States.

A path from the Conservatory of Flowers to the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

A bronze grouping in Golden Gate Park of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza gazing up at their creator, Cervantes

Detail of Miguel de Cervantes, from the 1916 bronze grouping by Sculptor Joseph Jacinto Mora,
in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum

A close-up of Don Quixote, from the 1916 bronze grouping by Sculptor Joseph Jacinto Mora,
in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum

Sancho Panza gazing up at his creator, Cervantes, from the 1916 bronze grouping by Sculptor Joseph Jacinto Mora,
in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum

Detail of the Padre Junipero Serra Monument in Golden Gate Park
The plaster original, artist Douglas Tilden’s last work, was created in March 1906 but was unharmed in the earthquake that jolted Tilden’s Oakland studio.

Fountains on the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

Detail of the 1888 Francis Scott Key Monument by sculptor William Wetmore Story,
in Golden Gate Park

Detail of the 1888 Francis Scott Key Monument by sculptor William Wetmore Story,
in Golden Gate Park

The trees in winter, on the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

A tiger fighting a serpent in the 1924 Rideout Fountain, the central fountain on the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park
The sculpture is by Earl Cummings

Music on the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

Detail of the Rideout Fountain on the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

The 1900 Spreckels Temple of Music band shell, centerpiece of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

A moment caught at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

One of the pair of Sphinxes by sculptor Arthur Putnam,
in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum
The Sphinxes originally stood guard to a pathway of the Fine Arts Building at the 1894 Midwinter Fair

Close-up of the face of the 1894 Sphinx by sculptor Arthur Putnam,
in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum

Detail of the the 11ft tall bronze vase created in 1877-78 by Paul Gustave Dore’
in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum
The monumental piece, 22ft in circumference, is titled, The Story of the Vine

Detail of the 1877-78 The Story of the Vine, by Paul Gustave Dore’

Detail of the 1877-78 The Story of the Vine, by Paul Gustave Dore’
The 6,000 pound cast bronze vessel has 58 separately formed animated figures,
entwined with grapevines, narrating the story of winemaking.

Detail of the 1896 General Ulysses Grant bronze sculpture by Rupert Schmid,
with the distant Sutro Tower behind the figure,
seen at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park