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	Presidio of San Francisco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parade Grounds at the Presidio of San Francisco.
		The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio de San Francisco) is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in the City and County of San Francisco.
		It borders on the San Francisco Marina in the East and on the Golden Gate bridge in the West.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco (716 words)

	Presidio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Presidio was a type of fortress built by the Spanish in North Africa during the 16th century to protect against pirates.
		The Presidio of Sonoma, or Sonoma Barracks, was established in 1836 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (the "Commandante-General of the Northern Frontier of Alta California") in Sonoma, California as a part of Mexico's strategy to halt Russian incursions into the region.
		Presidio, Texas is a place in the State of Texas in the United States of America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Presidio (306 words)

	Presidio of San Francisco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in the City and County of San Francisco.
		The Presidio was originally a Spanish fort sited by Juan Bautista de Anza on March 28, 1776 built by a party led by later that year.
		After a hard-fought battle the Presidio averted an auction and came under the management of the Presidio Trust, an executive agency of the U.S. government established by an act of Congress in 1996.
	www.redondobeach.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/San_Francisco_Presidio (656 words)

	Presidio of San Francisco
		In 1776 the presidio on San Francisco Bay was established as the most remote military base of the Spanish Empire in North America.
		The outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 emphasized the importance of a rich California and the military significance of San Francisco harbor to the Union.
		Presidio coast artillery units were stationed near the Bay entrance at Fort Scott, with cavalry and infantry garrisoned at the main post.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/san-francisco-presidio.htm (1124 words)

	Introduction: Presidio of San Francisco, Building 901 Case Study
		The Presidio of San Francisco is located on the northern point of the San Francisco Peninsula at the South end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and is dissected by Routes 101 and 1.
		The lands that constitute this national park extend north to Tomales Bay in Marin County and south to the San Francisco watershed lands in San Mateo.
		The Presidio of San Francisco was transferred from the U.S. Army to the National Park Service in 1995.
	www.ciwmb.ca.gov /ConDemo/CaseStudies/Presidio (559 words)

	Historic California Posts: Presidio of San Francisco
		Throughout the period of pre-American occupation, the Presidio was in a state of continual construction.
		The Presidio continued in operation, but the deterioration could not be prevented when the garrison was reduced to seven artillerymen in 1835.
		Yerba Buena soon was renamed San Francisco, and the plaza of the flag raising, Portsmouth Plaza.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Presidio.html (2585 words)

	Presidio of San Francisco - Areaparks.com
		The Presidio served as a military post under the flags of Spain (1776-1822), Mexico (1822-48), and the United States (1848-1994).
		The Presidio Trust is a special public-private governmental agency tasked with managing most of the buildings of the Presidio and making the park financially self-sufficient by 2013.
		Within its boundaries are more than 500 historic buildings, a collection of coastal defense fortifications, a national cemetery, an historic airfield, a saltwater marsh, forests, beaches, native plant habitats, coastal bluffs, miles of hiking and biking, and some of the most spectacular vistas in the world.
	presidioofsanfrancisco.areaparks.com (280 words)

	San Francisco Cemeteries by John W. Blackett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The crematorium, called the San Francisco Columbarium, is located at the end of Loraine Court, off Anza Street in the Richmond District and use to be part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
		The San Francisco Columbarium - Located at the end of Loraine Court, off Anza Street, in the Inner Richmond District and it originally was part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
		The San Francisco Daily Evening Post on November 16th, 1878 said it was at the "eminence between Taylor and Jones streets, and north of Vallejo street".
	www.sanfranciscocemeteries.com (2555 words)

	San Francisco History - A Timeline
		European discovery and exploration of the San Francisco Bay Area and its islands began in 1542 and culminated with the mapping of the bay in 1775.
		The entrance to San Francisco Bay, La Boca del Puerto (The mouth of the Port) is discovered on November 1 by Sergeant Jose Ortega.
		What a strange town was that, the San Francisco of 1856, its 30,000 people in speedy transition from a city of tents and shacks to one of brick and stone buildings.
	www.zpub.com /sf/history/sfh2.html (1977 words)

	Encyclopedia of San Francisco
		Moraga remained in San Francisco as the first commander of the Presidio.
		During his years as military leader in San Francisco, Moraga faced the challenges of hunger, scant supplies, inadequate funding, and unreliable support from the home government.
		In an unusual gesture of honor, Moraga's remains were disinterred and moved to the sanctuary of the new mission church of San Francisco de Asís on April 8, 1791.
	www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com /articles/m/moragaJose.html (443 words)

	Viva Presidio Pasados - Presidio of San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Viva Presidio Pasados - Presidio of San Francisco
		anniversary of the establishment of the Presidio and Mission Dolores, the oldest landmarks in San Francisco.
		Presidio Pasados is an opportunity to recognize the blending of cultures that makes San Francisco unique.
	www.presidio.gov /About/Post/MayJun2004/Pasados.htm (296 words)

	San Francisco National Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 re-emphasized the importance of California’s riches and the military significance of San Francisco’s harbor to the Union.
		By 1893 she was divorced, destitute and desperate; she applied for her first husband’s military pension and returned to San Francisco, where she died from an overdose of narcotics allegedly taken to soothe her rheumatism.
		San Francisco National Cemetery was listed as a National Historic Landmark as part of the Presidio in 1962.
	www.cem.va.gov /nchp/sanfrancisco.htm (2249 words)

	San Francisco’s Presidio Park
		Its 1,491-acre expanse of brick and forest is a blend of urban and rural, spread across the city’s northern waterfront.
		Though 469 of the Presidio’s buildings—more than half—have been designated as "historic," relatively few are open to the public, and many of those may be seen only on park service tours.
		On one tour you’ll explore refugee cottages that were among the thousands built in the Presidio to house some of the 250,000 San Franciscans left homeless by the 1906 quake.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/Secret_city04.asp (1974 words)

	Disney at the Presidio of San Francisco : SF Bay Area Indymedia
		The Presidio is a National Park and the likes of George Lucas and Disney should be kept out because these organization tend to remain to themselves and foster comercialization.
		Disney is already at the Presidio of San Francisco and it is time we keep them out and stop their expansion.
		The Presidio Trust and the NPS have failed in their obligation mentioned in the Draft General Management Plan, the Final GMP, and even in the shady amendments that accomodated Lucas Letterman Digital Center or whatever.
	www.indybay.org /news/2006/02/1800015.php (907 words)

	San Francisco's Presidio gets a makeover \| The-Tidings.com
		Walking along the Presidio's 11 miles of hiking trails, especially if there is a bit of San Francisco's famous fog softening the landscape, it's easy to feel transported in time.
		The Presidio Trust, a federal non-profit agency that has been charged with the task of making the Presidio self-sufficient by 2013, manages and leases out many of the structures to private businesses that agree to help in restoring and preserving the historic buildings.
		The Presidio is easily accessible by car off both Highway 1 and Highway 101 in San Francisco.
	www.the-tidings.com /2005/0812/presidio.htm (675 words)

	SAN FRANCISCO / Presidio neighbors threaten to sue
		Days after the Presidio Trust chose a developer to transform the national park's historic Public Health Service Hospital into an apartment building, nearby residents threatened to sue if the project isn't reduced in size.
		The residents renewed their complaints at a hearing Wednesday night that the influx of as many as 900 people into the neighborhood of mostly single- family homes would lead to an unsafe increase in traffic.
		Presidio officials say threats of a lawsuit are premature.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/16/BAGGR65AJ61.DTL (162 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Presidio Theatre (Building 99), The Presidio of San Francisco, California, Notice of Termination ...
		As a result of this notice of termination, the Presidio Theatre project is no longer being treated as an assumption common to all alternatives (i.e., as a ``given'') in the PTIP NEPA process.
		Termination of the Presidio Theatre project EIS at this time is with the mutual agreement of both the Trust and San Francisco Film Centre (project proponent).
		Therefore, the Trust and the Presidio Theatre project proponent have determined to terminate the Presidio Theatre EIS process until completion of the PTIP and PTIP EIS process.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/October/Day-18/i26706.htm (687 words)

	San francisco Hotels, San francisco Apartments, Accomodation
		San Francisco is an ideal location for family groups looking to enjoy the California sun.
		First settled by the Spanish in 1776, San Francisco is California’s bohemian centre, home to many counter-cultural trends as well as being home to some of America’s best film producers, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg shun the Hollywood glitz for the more artistic San Fran.
		San Francisco has many famous sites and attractions, none more so than the gargantuan Golden Gate Bridge which dominates San Francisco Bay and is the iconic symbol of this great city.
	www.apartmentsapart.com /North_America/USA/California/San_Francisco (456 words)

	Presidio of San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		1,480 acres of scenic urban land at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
		An unprecidented program to generate business in the National Park is expected to help cover these expenses, and pushes the boundaries of what a park is perceived to be.
		In 2001, the Presidio Trust signed a deal with Lucasfilm Limited for the development of a $300 "media arts" campus within the park.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/CA3107 (121 words)

	Presidio of San Francisco Parade Ground (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The Presidio Trust, a Federal government corporation, is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from qualified firms or teams to assist the Trust in developing and implementing a new design for the Main Parade Ground and associated public open spaces located at the Presidio of San Francisco.
		The Presidio is a national park and a National Historic Landmark District.
		The Trust is seeking an exciting, high quality design for the Presidio's Main Parade Ground that reduces pavement, introduces lawn area and landscaping in a way that enhances adjacent buildings and functions, and provides opportunities for informal and formal public gatherings.
	www.deathbyarch.com /html/presidio_of_san_francisco_para.html (413 words)

	Evacuation and Internment of San Francisco Japanese - 1942
		The San Francisco News, for the first six months of 1942, carried almost daily reports of FBI and police sweeps, and the various proclamations, plans - and restrictions to civil liberties - issued by Lieutenant-General John L. DeWitt at the Presidio of San Francisco.
		At the same time, San Francisco business and government leaders began planning to physically clear the Japanese community from the Western Addition by declaring it a "slum area." This planning began one month before the last Japanese residents were forced from the so-called "Little Tokio," or Japantown, district.
		The evacuation concluded May 20, 1942, and this San Francisco Chronicle article, "S.F. Clear of all But 6 Sick Japanese," details a brief history of Japanese immigration to San Francisco, and the final forced exodus of internees from the city.
	www.sfmuseum.org /war/evactxt.html (1297 words)

	AAA : Travel : VIA: San Francisco’s Presidio Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		This is the San Francisco where visitors leave their hearts.
		Since then the Presidio Trust, the park’s governing board, has had to walk a tricky line, trying to get the natural resource to pay for itself without destroying it.
		The Presidio’s splashiest tenant—movie mogul George Lucas’s special-effects group, which will be housed in the Letterman Digital Arts Center—is set to open shop in 2005.
	www.csaa.com /travel/tmpviaarticledetail/0,1436,1003040100\|4902,00.html (1844 words)

	Presidio of San Francisco
		As the result of a succession of base closure decisions, the former Presidio of San Francisco was operationally closed as an Army installation in July 1995 and was transferred to the National Park Service for inclusion into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
		Included in that charter legislation is a mandate for the Presidio Trust to make the Presidio financially self-sufficient by the year 2013.
		Housing units at the Presidio are available only to Army families with priority be given, in order, to those stationed within the City and County of San Francisco, then to those within a thirty mile commute radius of the Presidio, then those beyond thirty miles.
	www.spd.usace.army.mil /housing/presidio.html (341 words)

	Presidio Trust Homepage - Presidio of San Francisco
		The Presidio of San Francisco is a park like no other.
		Once the Army’s premiere west coast installation, the Presidio is now a National Historic Landmark District and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the world’s largest national park in an urban setting.
		The former post is a place where people live and work, a recreation destination, an outdoor classroom, and a peaceful retreat.
	www.presidio.gov (165 words)

	Energy Efficiency Program at Presidio of San Francisco
		As a former Army post, the Presidio of San Francisco is a symbol of the shift away from military conflict to a united international fight on behalf of the environment.
		Now that the Presidio is a national park, there are plans for it to become an international environmental center, focusing on sustainable design.
		To champion energy programs at the Presidio, Sartor took a year's leave of absence from LBL to serve as a technical advisor to the Presidio Council, a planning group set up by the Golden Gate National Park Association.
	www.lbl.gov /LBL-Science-Articles/Archive/energy-efficient-presidio.html (682 words)

	Protect the Presidio of San Francisco! Petition
		The Presidio is the most unique unit of America's national park system, and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
		As a former resident of San Francisco I appeal to the powers that be to retain the "jewel" that the Presidio is in the crown that San Francisco is. It truely is a refuge to all that already live in the ever changing landscape that the Bay Area has become!!!
		The Presidio is a gem that we should not let be ravaged by greed and by urban sprawl.
	www.thepetitionsite.com /archived_petitions/287583656.html (706 words)

	Internet Archive: Contact
		We highly recommend that you print an overall Presidio map and a detailed map of our neighborhood if you are coming to the Archive.
		Our area of the Presidio is served by San Francisco MUNI bus routes and by the Presidigo.
		Continue two blocks to Lyon and the gates to the Presidio (the Lombard gate) will be immediately in front of you.
	www.archive.org /about/contact.php (1200 words)

	Presidio Rx - San Francisco Running Group - About Us
		Presidio RX pays top dollar for photos of celebrities caught in compromising situations, as well as hard-to-find photos of fellow PRX runners.
		The Presidio is the only film to put SF's then-active army base in the Hollywood spotlight, and therefore deserves a video rental.
		The Presidio Trust: Preserving the Presidio as a sustainable national park.
	www.woohoo.org /presidiorx/about.htm (726 words)

	San Francisco
		On November 23, 1848, Levi Stowell was appointed master of the new lodge, and on November 15, 1849, the lodge was formally organized under the charter.
		The firm's main office was in Leavenworth, Kansas, W. Finney was the western representative in San Francisco.
		Edward F. Searles donated the Hopkins Mansion to the University of California in trust for the San Francisco Art Institute for 'instruction in and illustration of the fine arts, music, and literature,' and as San Francisco's first cultural center.
	ohp.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=21482 (3470 words)

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