A gorgeous shot from Sutro Park, taken right about where Adolph Sutro’s house would have overlooked the Cliff House and ocean. Photo by jakerome.

At his estate on the bluff anyone was welcome to stroll his elaborate gardens, embellished with statuary, gazebos, topiary and dazzling carpet-bed designs. There Sutro played host to presidents, writers, dancers and celebrities of the day. Everyone from Oscar Wilde to President Benjamin Harrison breakfasted with Sutro among the classical statues of his parapet high above Seal Rocks and the sea. – Outsidelands.org

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