In 1905 , subdivisions of the land grant were drawn up and Daniel Burnham issued the Burnham Plan for San Francisco , which recommended that the land where John McLaren and Bayview Parks are today should be reserved for park use , as residents in the southern part of the City were considered inadequately served by access to park space . Burnham 's '' Report '' called for several parks near Visitacion Valley , including one he named Visitacion Park , which would become Bayview Park and Candlestick Point State Recreation Area ; and one he named '' ' University Mound Park ' '' , which occupied part of the land that would later became John McLaren Park . In the wake of the 1906 earthquake and fire , rather than implement Burnham 's plan , city officials expediently rebuilt the city using the grids that had been previously laid out
1906 earthquake and fire
1906 San Francisco earthquake
John McLaren Park