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Just a couple of weeks ago, the City Insider told you that San Francisco soon plans to add its second skateboard park in as many years and only the city’s third overall. Now we learn that a fourth is in the offing and that it could occupy a closed and long-dormant section of Waller Street in southeast corner of Golden Gate Park.

The idea had been kicked around for years, but recently gained traction when the city’s Recreation and Park Commission debated what to do with an $80,000 surplus left over from 2008 capital projects that came in under budget. Rich Hillis, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s skate park czar, pushed the idea with the commission and it was a hit…  Details

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