The separate areas that once felt so distinct are now seamlessly blended together.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEĪfter more than 20 years of planning, plenty of bureaucratic delays and one pandemic, Tunnel Tops park officially opens to the public Sunday, allowing visitors to walk through the Presidio and down to Crissy Field and the beach below. Visitors enjoy the Campfire circle at the Presidio Tunnel Tops in the Presidio on in San Francisco, Calif. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy raised $98 million and the Presidio Trust contributed $20 million. The community was asked to weigh in, and more than 10,000 people contributed their opinions. James Corner Field Operations, famed for its creation of New York City’s High Line, was chosen as the design partner on the project. “ The Burger King with the best view” was demolished in celebration.
As the military base became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the area transformed, the vision for Tunnel Tops began to take shape, albeit slowly. Later that year, one of the biggest earthquakes the city had ever experienced hit, forcing city officials to reexamine the future of Doyle Drive freeway, which had bifurcated the land for years. Army announced it would exit the Presidio. But beneath all that beauty, quite literally, is the importance of transformative urban infrastructure, celebrating greenspace over cars - or at the very least finding a harmony in which the two can coexist. This isn’t to undermine the beauty of the park or all the work that went into making it a truly special place for San Franciscans. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE Visitors enjoy a meadow at the Presidio Tunnel Tops in the Presidio on in San Francisco, Calif. Visitors hang out on the cypress tree benches at the Presidio Tunnel Tops in the Presidio on in San Francisco, Calif. And surely, the best part about Tunnel Tops is that you likely won’t realize you’re walking on top of a tunnel at all. Freshly planted native plants and carefully curated, landscaped paths blended into the scenery, putting the focus on, instead, what a city park can be. You can hear the KPH public coast radio station on air every Saturday from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.We’ll get back to the Burger King, but as visitors lounged on benches made of fallen cypress trees from the Presidio and children climbed on play structures made of wood and stone, nothing looked overtly shiny and new.If closed, the nearest restroom facilities are located at the Estero Trailhead and at the North Beach parking area. Opportunities to use the Receiving Station’s restrooms are limited.
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Visitors can experience Morse code being sent and received, and even send a radiogram to someone. Most Saturdays throughout the year, Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) members welcome visitors and provide guided tours of the Historic KPH Receiving Station from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.Do not park along the driveway, you will damage the roots of these historic trees. Park in the parking lot on the left at the end of the driveway closest to the Historic RCA Coast Station KPH.The tree tunnel is just beyond on the right. Look for the “North District Operations Center” sign. It sits halfway between the Lighthouse and the Visitor Center.
The Cypress Tree Tunnel is not on the park map, but you can get directions at the Visitor Center.The Cypress Tree Tunnel at the North District Operations Center of Point Reyes National Seashore is located north of San Francisco at 19472 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Inverness, California 94937 in Marin County.North America’s only surviving Morse Code coast station is now used to broadcast on numerous frequencies, including KPH. It is now maintained by former employees and members of the MRHS.
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In 1999, the Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS), working with the Point Reyes National Seashore, began restoring KPH to full operation. Luckily, the radio, Morse communications, and teletype equipment - some of it dating to the World War II era - remained intact. It was set to be demolished, but Globe Wireless acquired the site in 1997. KPH began operations at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California, using the callsign “PH.” Forced out by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, the station moved from one temporary site to another until it was acquired by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and relocated to Marin County. The station dates back to the radio era in the early years of the twentieth century. The historic KPH Maritime Radio Receiving Station, also called the Marine Coast Station KPH, is an Art Deco-designed wireless telegraph station near Point Reyes Beach where operators tapped out Morse Code messages from the shore to ships at sea.
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