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11 Running head: THE PRESIDIO The Presidio of San Francisco Mariza Ness San Francisco State University Among the many attractions of the San Francisco Bay area, there is a peculiar park within the city. This park is contoured by walls, intercalated by open gates. Seems that the park is a mini town, inside San Francisco, for behind those walls there are many amenities originally built as residence, hospital, schools, offices. This is the Park Presidio of San Francisco. The original Presidio was an area of about 3 square miles located between the city of San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean that functioned as an Army post from 1776 until 1994. First, it was under the control of the Spanish, followed by Mexicans, and then by the Americans (Benton-Short, 1998). In 1994 the Golden Gate National Recreational Area (GGNRA) assimilated the Presidio as part of its control. Today, the park is considered the largest urban national park in the world, with 3.5 million visitors each year ( Foundsf). The history of the Presidio tells us about the social transformation in American culture regarding classes, race, gender (www.presidio.gov). Also, the …show more content…

In 1972 the active installation of the Presidio was included under the jurisdiction of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (presidio.org). Then in 1994, it was transferred to the National Park Service. This change included the transfer of several military buildings to the GGNRA control and long-term lease, as part of a Master Plan for the Park (Park, 1998). A tax credit project gave the public an opportunity to get involved in the rehabilitation of the historic building, attracting the private sector as partners in the project (Park, 1998). In 1996 the Congress created the Presidio Trust, transferring the control and administration of the land and 700 buildings to the immediate responsibility of the Trust

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