[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: San Francisco Presidio as a National Park

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

PRESIDIO AT 25
The making of a park
There’s been striking progress in bringing the former Army post back to life. But many historic buildings still sit empty, and its leaders seek to attract a more diverse set of visitors.

By John King 
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
December 1, 2019

They’re sprinkled throughout the Presidio, weary counterpoints to the increasingly fashionable scene.

A prim guardhouse that looks out on Crissy Field sits padlocked and empty. The windows of four century-old brick buildings are sealed with plywood, yards away from where a $118 million park will soon begin to emerge. A small posse of empty structures rings the parade ground at remote Fort Scott, scenic but problematic.

Add them all up and - 25 years after the Presidio’s 1,491 wooded acres in northwest San Francisco became a national park - at least 100 of the park’s 870 structures are vacant or have not been rehabilitated. They’re easy to miss amid the rejuvenated hillsides and historic buildings that attract more and more visitors each year. Still, they exist as reminders that the transition from Army base to public park at times has been rocky.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/At-the-Presidio-a-post-for-the-military-slowly-14861518.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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