[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, HISTORY: Preservation Trust criticizes SF Presidio (CA) museum proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Preservationists don't like Presidio plans

Marisa Lagos
San Francisco Chronicle
May 20, 2008

A national historic preservation organization has slammed proposed 
changes to the Presidio's Main Post and Parade Ground, including the 
addition of a 100,000-square-foot modern art museum, according to a new 
letter sent to the executive director of the Presidio Trust.

The May 16 letter by Anthony Veerkamp of the National Trust for Historic 
Preservation questioned whether the Presidio's designation as a national 
historic landmark could be threatened by the scale and contemporary 
design of the museum, as well as other proposed projects. Other concerns 
include the proposed construction of a three-story lodge, the letter states.

Many of Veerkamp's comments echo issues raised last month in a letter by 
Brian O'Neill, general superintendent of the National Park Service's 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Both the Park Service and the 
nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation are charged with 
advising the Presidio Trust to ensure that any changes to the Presidio 
do not hurt its standing as a national historic landmark district.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/20/BA3110P396.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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