Military Base To Tourist Attraction

San Francisco's old Presidio military base will be converted to a tourist attraction and campus.

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July 26, 2001, 6:00 AM PDT

San Francisco's Presidio Trust announces plans "to turn the forested, centuries-old Army base into a unique hybrid: part tourist attraction, part campus, part neighborhood, part park. The proposal represents a compromise with environmentalists and neighbors, who have fought to limit new development in the sprawling, fog-shrouded area." Critics contend that the new development is just sprawl.

Thanks to Design Architecture Newsletter

FULL STORY: New Presidio plan opens door to hotels

Wednesday, July 25, 2001 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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