Golden Gate Park most-visited city park in the United States after Central Park in New York City, Lincoln Park in Chicago, and Balboa and Mission Bay Parks in San Diego. In the 1860s, San Franciscans began to feel the need for a spacious public park similar to Central Park, which was then taking shape in New York City. Golden Gate Park was carved out of unpromising sand and shore dunes that were known as the Outside Lands, in an unincorporated area west of San Francisco's then-current borders. Conceived ostensibly for recreation, the underlying purpose of the park was housing development and the westward
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard very strange high-pitched yelping vocals under the collective title "Muddy Mouse". "Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard" was released in May 1975. Unlike its predecessor "Rock Bottom", it received a mixed critical and public response; not counting 1982's "Nothing Can Stop Us" (which brought together a series of previously released single A and B sides, most of which were cover versions), "Ruth..." would be Wyatt's last solo studio album until 1985's "Old Rottenhat". The artwork for the cover of the album was by Wyatt's wife Alfreda Benge. Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard is the third solo