This photograph depicts the original Conservatory, prior to restoration in the early 1980s. The east wing (right) was eliminated annd windows were removed after restoration. A $500,000 grant allowed for the complete replacement of the Conservatory building and the installation of a sprinkler system throughout the grounds. Ted Kipping, and arborist and adjacent property owner, has generously donated maintenance time and plants over the years to help create the high cloud forest theme of the current landscape. [Thanks to Ken and Kathy Hoegger for these historical notes, reprinted with permission from their April 2001 newsletter, "In the Community."]

See also the Neighborhood Parks Council's History of Sunnyside Conservatory and Stacey Irvine's photos of Sunnyside Conservancy, 2003.

Photograph provided compliments of Ken and Kathy Hoegger, residents of Westwood Highlands.

— Photo scanned, 2003, from original photo by Gregory Gaar, 1975