[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Restoration and remembrance on Presidio Hill, " San Francisco, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Restoration and remembrance on Presidio Hill

John King
San Francisco Chronicle
October 16, 2013

To begin to grasp the complexity of today's Presidio, the 1,491-acre enclave where a procession of ridges twist and turn, avoid the obvious stops like Crissy Field or the Main Post.

Instead, follow the Bay Area Ridge Trail along the slope of Presidio Hill from Inspiration Point to the national cemetery.

That short journey - well under a mile - slices through the center of the former Army base that in 1994 was added to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is a deceptively settled landscape that shows how much the Presidio has changed in the past 20 years, how much it remains in flux - and the difficulty of living up to expectations.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Restoration-and-remembrance-on-Presidio-Hill-4898732.php
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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