Trocadero at Stern Grove
Unfinished History
Trocadero Inn, Sigmund Stern Grove, San Francisco, August 18, 1936.
Historic American Buildings Survey Robert W. Kerrigan, Photographer, HABS_CAL,38-SANFRA,2-1
Pine Lake, c. 1903.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.3667
Pine Lake, originally "Laguna Puerco", in 2008
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Stern Grove Park in 2008.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Fun Days At Trocadero
Trocadero was the most popular place for all the children of Parkside to go for adventure and fun. Trocadero is now called Sigmund Stern Grove. The property was given to the City of San Francisco in the early 1930's and was dedicated on June 5, 1932. The Grove now has many lovely plays and concerts, but in the old days, the children would go fishing in Mud Lake, catch frogs and imagine themselves in far-away places and great adventure.
—Mary Ada Williams, North Scale Institute, San Francisco
Amadou & Mariam, a blind musical couple from Mali, rock the crowd at the Stern Grove Music Festival, 2007.
Photo: Chris Carlsson