[CPEO-IRF] Treasure Island (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City goes for gold on Treasure Island

Development dreams take shape in the middle of the bay

By Steve Schmidt
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
February 12, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - First, they dumped rocks the size of jalopies into San 
Francisco Bay. Next, they shipped in sand from Gold Rush country upstream.

Out of the choppy waters rose a 400-acre patch of dirt dubbed Treasure 
Island.

Workers created the island in the late 1930s. It became the site of a 
world's fair, complete with a popular light show that could be seen for 
miles.

Now San Francisco officials hope to again transform it into a shining 
city on a fill.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070212-9999-1n12island.html

--
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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