 Historic wharves near Fort Mason Fort Mason in San Francisco, California is a former U.S. Army base located at the northern Marina District, alongside San Francisco Bay. Aquatic Park is adjacent to the east and the Marina Green is adjacent to the west. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 495 KB) Historic warehouses and piers near Fort Mason, used during WW2 for embarking men and supplies to the distant battlefronts in the Southwest Pacific. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 495 KB) Historic warehouses and piers near Fort Mason, used during WW2 for embarking men and supplies to the distant battlefronts in the Southwest Pacific. ...
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San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining of approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...
The historic fleet moored at Hyde Street Pier, with Alcatraz and Angel Island in the background. ...
The Marina Green in San Francisco, California is a 74-acre expanse of grass between Fort Mason and the Presidio. ...
History
In 1863, the Army created in San Francisco, California, the Post at Point San Jose as a part of its coastal defense network. Renamed Fort Mason in 1882, after Richard Barnes Mason, a former governor of California, Fort Mason served as an Army base for more than 100 years. During World War II, it was a major port of embarkation for troops and supplies destined for the Pacific theater. The Korean War in the 1950s also kept the base busy. However, by the 1960s, the base was obsolete and fell into disuse. The National Park Service took over the administration of the site in the 1970s as a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). The headquarters of the GGNRA are located in Fort Mason. A portion of the site, known as the Fort Mason Center, is devoted to nonprofit and cultural activities. 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ...
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Current uses Some of the old officer housing remains in use by the Army, while some is rented to the public, also one of the larger buildings has been converted into a youth hostel. As a whole the former base is now a mix of well-tended parks and gardens, and carefully maintained late nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings. A path follows the harbor edge, rising along the headland and offering extensive views north past Alcatraz and east to the Golden Gate Bridge. Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ...
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Sociology Many of the houses on Fort Mason are now leased via the US Park Service. There has been a growing movement of twenty- and thirty-somethings who sometimes refer to this as Frat Mason for the inter-fort social scene and frequent house parties open to other residents and friends.
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