Mountain Lake Park is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) San Francisco park in the Richmond District neighborhood, located north of the intersection of Lake and Funston. The park is a haven for dog walkers, readers, tennis players, and playground-enjoyers. Here you’ll find a dedicated dog park, children’s playground, picnic pavilion, tennis courts, and a half basketball court.
The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California. The Richmond is bordered by Golden Gate Park on the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Lincoln Park, Mountain Lake Park and the Presidio of San Francisco to the north, bisected by the Presidio Greenbelt. Its population was 59,297.
The Holy Virgin Cathedral, also known as Joy of All Who Sorrow, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in the Richmond District of San Francisco. The Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral is a San Francisco landmark and the Russian Orthodox spiritual center of America’s West Coast. It is one of the largest cathedrals of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, which has over 400 parishes across seven continents.
In San Francisco, Russian speaking communities are mostly concentrated in the Richmond and Sunset districts along Geary St. That is also where the vast majority of Russian, ex-Soviet and European stores are, as well as Russian daycares and preschools. The Holy Virgin Cathedral, a Russian Orthodox church, is a focal point of what has come to be known as Little Russia in the Richmond District of San Francisco.
