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Inspired by a spectacular grove of Coastal Redwoods in Muir Woods, Cathedral Grove captures the romance and wonder of a natural cathedral of great trees, a mythical setting dedicated to beauty and dreams. On the creation of Muir Woods, President Theodore Roosevelt noted that such majesty must be preserved for future generations: millennia-old art at work within an ancient ecosystem. when president franklin roosevelt died just as the united nations was being formed, delegates from around the world gathered in the cathedral grove for his memorial, noting that people had gathered there to celebrate the harmonious relationship that should exist between the humanity and our environment; a place that best embodies our commitment to our natural past and dreams of the future.

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Within the forest of clifton cathedral lies the gothic bar, a sanctuary to the majesty of nature and the mythology of our cultural heritage. here you can enjoy artisanal libations and delicious offerings worthy of this iconic setting. Featuring monumental Gothic tracery and two-story murals depicting Yosemite Valley and Muir Woods, the Gothic Bar evokes a sense of wonder at both the natural history it represents and the cultural history inspired by the space itself. This place is seen by many as the birthplace of modern science fiction, orchestrated by visionaries like Forrest Ackerman and Ray Bradbury when they gathered here in the 1930s for meetings of the Science Fiction League of Angels. here we celebrate the wondrous collision between the worlds of nature and imagination, a blend that brought together the artistic firmament and the wonder of the natural world, finally unfettered by the laws of nature.

Be sure to toast the visionaries who have always inhabited this space by tipping your glass gently towards the bradbury, the centerpiece of the bar, a 4.5 billion year old meteorite weighing more than a hundred kilos.

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curiosities of the republiclocated inside the gothic bar:

gothic bar

The entire top of the bar is made from a giant sequoia that fell during a storm in 2015. This 1,200-year-old tree, rescued by the US Department of Forestry, had created a natural dam on a northern river. from california and needed to be removed. . we are honored to be able to use this reclaimed part of a giant sequoia, as fortunately pieces of this size and history are no longer allowed to be felled or removed from their natural habitat, except in exceptional circumstances.

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the bradbury meteorite

At the heart of the goth bar is “the bradbury”, a stunning nickel-iron meteorite named for ray bradbury, the science fiction and fantasy visionary who wrote such legendary stories as the martian chronicles, fahrenheit 451 and i I sing the electric body. In the goth bar booth areas, Bradbury attended meetings of the Science Fantasy League of Angels in the late 1930s along with luminaries Ray Harryhausen, Forrest J. ackerman, robert heinlein, l. Ron Hubbard, Leigh Brackett, and many other iconic founders of modern science fiction. it is this place that many people claim is the birthplace of modern science fiction.

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The meteorite is part of the Campo del Cielo fall, a fragment of the largest recorded meteorite to impact the earth approximately 4,500 years ago in what is now Argentina. It is composed primarily of iron and nickel and is estimated to be over 4.5 billion years old, a primeval relic from the creation of our solar system.

Feel free to gently tap on the bradbury and tip your drink carefully on its side to celebrate the combination of science, fiction, and nature’s remarkable primordial building blocks.

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the bradbury stand

the bradbury stand is the exact place where the science and fantasy league of angels held some of their first meetings in the 1930s. in love with clifton’s fantasy setting (and the free lemonade and sherbet, delicious treats for many of the struggling writers!), the Los Angeles sci-fi community coalesced here and created what is arguably the entire modern genre of sci-fi in literature, film, and television. One can imagine the conversations that took place here, with Star Trek, Star Wars, The Twilight Zone, and just about every other iconic work of science fiction since that time able to trace its roots through this place. it is even said that he Ron hubbard founded scientology here because of a bet he made with bradbury inside clifton!

find out more: ray bradbury: https://www.biography.com/writer/ray-bradbury sci-fi league of angels: http://www.lasfsinc.info// /index .php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&itemid=154 forrest ackerman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/forrest_j_ackerman