[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Presidio of San Francisco art museum controversy

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Many at meeting protest the new Presidio plan

Rachel Gordon
San Francisco Chronicle
December 10, 2008

A plan to scale back a contemporary art museum and a lodge proposed for 
the historic Main Post of the Presidio did little to appease critics who 
packed a public meeting Tuesday night to object to the development.

"This is not an appropriate use of the Main Post," said Whitney Hall, 
who served as commandant of the Presidio, the former U.S. Army base, 
from 1979 to 1982 and is past president of the Presidio Historical 
Association.

Hall is affiliated with a coalition of neighborhood, environmental and 
preservationist groups opposed to a proposal by Gap founder Donald 
Fisher and his wife, Doris, to build a museum for their vast collection 
of 20th and 21st century art in the heart of the Presidio, which is now 
a national park.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/10/BAMG14LB10.DTL&hw=Presidio+art&sn=001&sc=1000


See also

Architects run wild with Presidio museum ideas

John King
San Francisco Chronicle
December 9, 2008

The saga of Donald Fisher's quest to build a museum in the Presidio took 
quite a turn last week: Park officials said they want the museum to be 
reduced in size and moved a block from Fisher's desired site, and the 
Gap founder indicated he's willing to give it a try.

But if Fisher and the Presidio Trust really want to shake things up, 
they'll bury the whole museum underground. Or split it into pieces 
sprinkled throughout the Presidio's 1,491 acres. Or wrap the whole thing 
in an invisibility shield.

These are among the ideas on display in a playful, provocative 
exhibition at the 3A Gallery on San Francisco's South Park. Ten of our 
most creative architectural firms are displaying their own schemes for 
the Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio that the Fisher family wants 
to build and endow.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/09/DDAO14GC6H.DTL&hw=Presidio+art&sn=002&sc=642

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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