[CPEO-IRF] Mare Island (CA) historical preservation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MARE ISLAND
Battle to preserve shipyard's history
Development plan rash, opponents say

Patrick Hoge
San Francisco Chronicle
February 21, 2006


Mare Island, a major naval shipyard for 142 years, includes a National 
Historic District filled with more than 500 structures built between 
1854 and 1945. But more than a third of those -- from latrines and bomb 
shelters to giant warehouses and residences -- could face the wrecking 
ball under a development plan approved by the city of Vallejo that 
envisions a mix of housing, offices and open space.

Preservationists, including state and federal officials, are outraged by 
the plan, which they say does not adequately consider alternatives to 
eliminating many of 183 historic resources, some of which everyone 
agrees will likely have to go.

"They're just listing what they want to get rid of without looking at 
any alternatives," said David Look, chief of National Register programs 
in the National Park Service's Oakland office. The agency has an 
advisory role concerning historic districts, but no regulatory 
authority, and he says the city has ignored input from experts like him.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/21/BAGABHBV0U1.DTL&hw=Mare+Island&sn=001&sc=1000

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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