2006 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 21 Feb 2006 21:51:36 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Mare Island (CA) historical preservation
 
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.

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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
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