[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Presidio (of San Francisco, CA) Trust rejects Crissy Field proposals

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Presidio Trust shoots down George Lucas' plan, 2 others Lucas to get  
another option away from Crissy Field site

by John King
San Francisco Chronicle
February 3, 2014

The Presidio Trust called an end Monday to the competition for the 8- 
acre site on Crissy Field coveted by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas  
and two other would-be developers.

The unanimous vote by the trust's seven-member board of directors  
left the site's future open and rejected all three proposals -  
including the one by Lucas, who had pledged to spend $700 million to  
build and endow a museum holding his collection of popular art.

Instead, the board said it wants to work with Lucas to find an  
alternative site for his museum within the 1,491-acre park. As for  
the other teams - one led by the Golden Gate National Parks  
Conservancy, the other by architecture firm WRNS Studio - the board  
said it hopes to pursue "collaboration" with them regarding future  
programs at the Presidio.

"We simply do not believe any of the projects would be right for this  
location," board Chairwoman Nancy Hellman Bechtle said at a hastily  
called news conference Monday afternoon. "We didn't think any of them  
quite hit the mark."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Presidio-Trust-shoots-down- 
George-Lucas-plan-2-5201301.php

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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