RON HENGGELER

Reflection in the water at Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park
San Francisco

Angel Island at sunset as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.
The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges that overlook the northeast side of the valley that encompasses San Francisco Bay.
They were previously called the "Contra Costa Range/Hills" (from the original Spanish Sierra de la Contra Costa), but with the establishment of Berkeley and the University of California, the current usage was applied by geographers and gazetteers.

The pedestrian tunnel in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum and Music Concourse

San Francisco espied from Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay

Detail of the Devil’s Slide Tunnel along Highway One, just south of Pacifica and north of Half Moon Bay

The miniature steam train in Tilden Park in the Berkeley Hills

A detail of the sphinx (one of two) that reside in front of the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
The sphinx were commissioned from Arthur Putnam for the Fine Arts Building of the California Midwinter International Exposition Fair of 1894.

A view inside the new Devil’s Slide Tunnel on Highway One

San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, and the Bay Bridge at sunset, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.
The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges that overlook the northeast side of the valley that encompasses San Francisco Bay.

A setting sun on the Pacific, seen on Montara Beach along Highway One, south of Devil’s Slide

A momentary glimpse of the Sutro Tower in San Francisco, shrouded in the rain and fog, seen from Stanyan Street at Fulton

Detail of a floral arrangement during the Bouquets to Art exhibit at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
This year’s Bouquets to Art marked 30 years of this enchanting annual springtime tradition, when gifted floral designers bring their imaginative interpretations to works in the de Young’s permanent collection.

Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.

Detail of the Devil’s Slide Tunnel along Highway One, just south of Pacifica and north of Half Moon Bay

Visitors to the Pool of Enchantment next to the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

The bridged roadway leading to the Devil’s Slide Tunnel along Highway One, just south of Pacifica and north of Half Moon Bay

A view of Nob Hill from the 15th floor in the Hamilton on O’Farrell Street

Inside the Devil’s Slide Tunnel along Highway One, just south of Pacifica and north of Half Moon Bay

My sculptural bell tower in the front yard illuminated by the light of the low-setting sun

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

Miniature steam locomotive Engine #7 in the work shop at Tilden Park in the Berkeley Hills.

Ray Pimlott has worked for 14 years building Engine #7 from scratch
He’s worked with the miniature steam trains in Tilden Park for the past 36 years.

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail
On Thursday March 27th, 2014, at Devil's Slide, a ribbon was cut and a new pathway opened. . .the Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail.
The former Highway One route along the Devil's Slide cliffs, which was bypassed last year by a tunnel first proposed in the early 1980s, officially opened on Thursday at 1 p.m. This old roadway is now a new trail for hiking, biking, jogging, walking leashed dogs, and horseback riding. The trail on the San Mateo County Coast spans 1.3 miles and connects the southern trailhead north of Montara with the northern trailhead south of Pacifica.

Reflections on the water of the fountain, in the center of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

Detail of the the miniature steam train Engine #11 in Tilden Park, in the Berkeley Hills

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail
It's one of the most dramatic stretches of coast anywhere.
The road was carved into an escarpment that rises from the ocean breakers.

The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco

A view of San Pedro Point as seen from along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail
The trail now provides a series of lookouts, including two designated sites. The Northern Overlook provides a dramatic view of San Pedro Point as it arcs out to sea. The Southern Overlook is just north of the perch for a Cold War military bunker and tracking station, and is the best spot to scan the sea for whales, seabirds, fishing boats and commercial vessels in the shipping lane.

The shadow of my sculptural bell tower in the front yard being cast across the neighboring buildings

A view of the distant Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail as seen from the south near Gray Whale Cove along Highway One

The new Bay Bridge alongside the old

A Rock Slide sign seen on the Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

The view at sunset of the Berkeley Marina, San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island, and the Golden Gate Bridge, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.

The tower of the De Young Museum and the top of the 11 ft tall, 6,000 pound bronze vase by Gustave Dore
The monumental sculpture is titled The Story of the Vine (Poem de la Vigne).
For more on the vase click here: http://www.ronhenggeler.com/Golden_Gate_Park/013.htm

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail
The former Highway One route along the Devil's Slide cliffs, which was bypassed last year by a tunnel first proposed in the early 1980s, officially opened last week as a new trail for hiking, biking, jogging, walking leashed dogs, and horseback riding.

The Bay Bridge seen from the top of Yerba Buena Island

Montara Beach, south of the Devil’s Slide Trail

Detail of a floral arrangement during the Bouquets to Art exhibit at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
This year’s Bouquets to Art marked 30 years of this enchanting annual springtime tradition, when gifted floral designers bring their imaginative interpretations to works in the de Young’s permanent collection.

The base of Huntington Fall’s at Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park

A few minutes after sunset, a view of San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, and the Bay Bridge, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

Detail of a floral arrangement during the Bouquets to Art exhibit at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
This year’s Bouquets to Art marked 30 years of this enchanting annual springtime tradition, when gifted floral designers bring their imaginative interpretations to works in the de Young’s permanent collection.

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco from Yerba Buena Island

A Cold War military bunker and tracking station near the The Southern Overlook of the Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

Detail of the 1892 bronze sculpture titled ‘Apple Cider Press” by Thomas Shields Clark
The bronze sculpture stands on the edge of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park and near the De Young Museum

Montara Beach on Highway One, south of the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

David waiting to ride the miniature steam train in Tilden Park

Ray Pimlott has worked with the miniature steam trains in Tilden Park for the past 36 years.

The Bay Bridge seen from the top of Yerba Buena Island

The sunset and a far-distant Mt Tamalpais on the horizon, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.
The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges that overlook the northeast side of the valley that encompasses San Francisco Bay.

The top figure of the Francis Scott Key Monument in Golden Gate Park

Detail of the exit and entrance to the Devil’s Slide Tunnel along Highway One

One of artist R. Wagner’s paintings on display in the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park

From the top of Yerba Buena Island, a detail view of the old Bay Bridge that is now being dismantled

Sunset on Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park

Detail of my sculptural bell tower in the front yard illuminated by the light of the low-setting sun

The tower and cables of the new Bay Bridge

Detail of a floral arrangement during the Bouquets to Art exhibit at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
This year’s Bouquets to Art marked 30 years of this enchanting annual springtime tradition, when gifted floral designers bring their imaginative interpretations to works in the de Young’s permanent collection.

Huntington Falls in Golden Gate Park
From a barren 1000 acres of sand, the original Golden Gate Park Superintendent John McLaren created a verdant city park complete with lakes and waterfalls. Early in the park’s development, it is said, McLaren accompanied John Muir on a hike in the Sierras. Muir pointed to a waterfall and declared that McLaren had nothing like that in his park. McLaren replied, “But we will have.” Thus inspired, McLaren began construction of what some still say is his most dramatic achievement in the park: Huntington Falls. It was named after Collis P. Huntington, one of the Big Four railroad barons, who contributed $25,000 for the project. Today, more than 100 years later, Huntington Falls continues to cascade down from the top of Strawberry Hill into Stow Lake.

The tower and cables of the new Bay Bridge

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail
The former Highway One route along the Devil's Slide cliffs, which was bypassed last year by a tunnel first proposed in the early 1980s, officially opened last week as a new trail for hiking, biking, jogging, walking leashed dogs, and horseback riding.

A scene while riding the miniature steam train in Tilden Park

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail
The Southern Overlook is just north of the perch for a Cold War military bunker and tracking station, and is the best spot to scan the sea for whales, seabirds, fishing boats and commercial vessels in the shipping lane.

Breaking sunlight through the overcast sky seen from the Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

Tree rings on a fence post, along Highway One at Devil’s Slide

The moment before the setting sun vanishes behind the Marin Headlands, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail
The former Highway One route along the Devil's Slide cliffs, which was bypassed last year by a tunnel first proposed in the early 1980s, officially opened last week as a new trail for hiking, biking, jogging, walking leashed dogs, and horseback riding.

The passengers behind me while riding the miniature steam train in Tilden Park

A detail of the elevated roadway leading to the Devil’s Slide Tunnel on Highway One

Sundown at Montara Beach, south of the Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

On the back of a road sign at Montara Beach

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

This 1892 Bronze sculpture titled ‘Apple Cider Press” was originally exhibited at the Midwinter International Exposition in 1894.
The bronze is by Thomas Shields Clark and stands on the edge of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park and near the De Young Museum

A view along the newly opened Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

The view at sunset of the Berkeley Marina, San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island, and the Golden Gate Bridge, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.

Detail of the southern exit and entrance to the Devil’s Slide Tunnel along Highway One

The setting sun illuminates and bathes San Francisco in golden light.
This is the view seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.

The surf at Montara Beach on Highway One just south of the Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail

The final moments of the setting sun, with Angel Island and the Marin Headlands, as seen from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills.