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Supervisors back landmarking process for Lincoln Park amid strong community support and golfers’ concerns
Summary
The committee voted to forward to the full Board a resolution initiating landmark designation for Lincoln Park (former City Cemetery). Supporters, descendants and preservation groups stressed historic and cultural significance; some golfers and the San Francisco Golf Alliance urged careful language to avoid impairing ongoing maintenance and play.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to forward to the full Board a resolution to initiate landmark designation of Lincoln Park — the site of the former City Cemetery — under Article 10 of the Planning Code.
Supervisor Connie Chan, who introduced the resolution, said the site is deeply meaningful to many immigrant communities and described City Cemetery’s history from 1870 to the early 1900s, when the city converted the land to a park and golf course. She said an estimated 20,000 bodies remain beneath the turf and that Chinese immigrants accounted for a substantial portion of the burials; she…
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