Lloyd Lake | |
Coords: | 37.7703°N -122.4822°W |
Basin Countries: | United States |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Lloyd Lake in California, USA. |
Lloyd Lake, also known as Mirror Lake or Kissane Lake, is a clay-lined lake in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,named in memory of Reuben Hedley Lloyd, the park commissioner.[1] It is home to a wide variety of non-native, non-migratory birds. Birds to be found within the lake area include geese, Pekin ducks, Muscovy ducks, Campbell ducks, mallards, gulls and pigeons.[2]
The lake is home to some early San Francisco architecture: the remains of Alban Nelson Towne's 1101 California Street, Nob Hill house can be found by the lake, between JFK Drive and Crossover Drive.[3] After the 1906 earthquake and fire devastated the building, his wife presented the portico, popularly known as "Portals to the Past", to the park in 1909.[2] All that remains of the mansion are the ionic columns of the entrance, which stand in isolation.[4]
The site is mentioned in Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo (1958) as a place where Madeleine Elster (Kim Novak) enters a trance and becomes possessed. "Portals to the Past" also play a significant role in the novel License to Ensorcell (2011) by Katharine Kerr.