Military Base To Tourist Attraction
26 July 2001 - 6:00am
San Francisco's old Presidio military base will be converted to a tourist attraction and campus.
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.
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New Presidio plan opens door to hotels
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The San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2001
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