[CPEO-IRF] Presidio of San Francisco

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Presidio's future -- less cash, more culture
Market-driven development needs a dose of soul-searching

John King
San Francisco Chronicle
June 18, 2006


When San Francisco's Presidio became the test case for whether a 
national park can operate like a private business, critics warned that 
either rampant development or weedy decline would overwhelm the 
expansive former Army base at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Ten years later, the doomsayers are wrong. But a more subtle threat has 
emerged: The potential to make the Presidio a place of far-reaching 
cultural significance could be lost.

What's taking shape instead is a scenic enclave where only the 
well-heeled need apply. Some houses rent for more than $4,000 a month, 
and the most recent private development project converted a former 
medical warehouse into an Asian-themed spa. In the Main Post, where a 
line of red-brick barracks casts a poised and memorable spell, the first 
museum likely will focus on the life of Walt Disney.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/18/MNGAOJENV01.DTL
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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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