Vote on Golden Gate Park Ferris wheel
Vote on Golden Gate Park Ferris wheel. Allie Rasmus reports
SAN FRANCISCO - Will it stay or will it go?
The Ferris wheel in Golden Gate Park may have to come down by the end of this month. The city's historic preservation commission will discuss the ride's future at their meeting later Wednesday afternoon.
The 150-foot Sky Star Observation Wheel was scheduled to come down by the end of this month.
But there's a proposal to allow it to stay for as long as four years.
The Ferris wheel was installed last year as part of planned festivities for Golden Gate Park's 150th anniversary. But the attraction has been sidelined for much of that time due to coronavirus restrictions.
But on Tuesday night, extending the Ferris wheel's stay in the park was put in jeopardy.
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San Francisco supervisors Aaron Peskin and Connie Chan said they want the city comptroller's office to investigate the contract with the San Francisco Parks Alliance, which oversees the Ferris wheel. They suggested there were possible connections to the parks and recreation corruption scandal at City Hall.
Mayor London Breed briefly referenced the heated debate at a news conference earlier in the day.
"You got to get out and enjoy San Francisco," she said. "Get out and ride the Ferris wheel before the 'fun police' take it away."
In addition to the contract investigation, environmentalists are opposed to keeping the wheel in Golden Gate Park for four years because of light pollution and other environmental pollutants.
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