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'''Crissy Field, long filled in and used by the military, is being restored. This photograph shows a slough in 2001.'''
'''Crissy Field, long filled in and used by the military, is being restored. This photograph shows a slough in 2001.'''


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[[Image:presidio$crissy-field-dunes-restored.jpg]]
 
'''This 2001 photograph of Crissy Field shows native-plant-covered dunes that have been restored since the changeover to National Park status.'''
 
''Photos: Chris Carlsson''
 
[[Image:Crissy-field-dunes-w-ggb 0038.jpg]]
 
'''January 2008: Crissy Field dunes have flourished, growing taller and fully covered by native plants'''
 
[[Image:Crissy-ft-mason-bay-bridge-shore-view8051.jpg]]
 
'''View of restored Crissy Field marsh from road above Ft. Point.'''


== Images of the restoration of Crissy Field in 2001. ==
[[Image:Crissy-fld-lagoon-fire-on-pyramid-east8050.jpg]]


[[Image:presidio$crissy-field-dunes-restored.jpg]]
'''Pyramid ablaze in sunset light, old airfield and marsh gleaming in foreground at Crissy Field.'''<br>''Photos: Chris Carlsson''


'''This 2001 photograph of Crissy Field shows native-plant-covered dunes that have been restored since the changeover to National Park status.'''
[[Image:Cushman-March-27-1956-from-GGBridge-over-Crissy-Field-and-city-w-gas-tank-P08600.jpg]]


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'''Contrasting to the two 2008 photos preceding it, this 1956 image shows a paved Crissy Field on its right, with an old PG&E gas tank still sitting in the Marina District.'''


''Carlsson,Chris - Photographer-Artist ''
[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ ''Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P08600)'']


Carlsson,Chris - Photographer-Artist


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Latest revision as of 15:21, 17 July 2009

Unfinished History

Presidio$crissy-field-wetland-restored.jpg

Crissy Field, long filled in and used by the military, is being restored. This photograph shows a slough in 2001.

Presidio$crissy-field-dunes-restored.jpg

This 2001 photograph of Crissy Field shows native-plant-covered dunes that have been restored since the changeover to National Park status.

Photos: Chris Carlsson

Crissy-field-dunes-w-ggb 0038.jpg

January 2008: Crissy Field dunes have flourished, growing taller and fully covered by native plants

Crissy-ft-mason-bay-bridge-shore-view8051.jpg

View of restored Crissy Field marsh from road above Ft. Point.

Crissy-fld-lagoon-fire-on-pyramid-east8050.jpg

Pyramid ablaze in sunset light, old airfield and marsh gleaming in foreground at Crissy Field.
Photos: Chris Carlsson

Cushman-March-27-1956-from-GGBridge-over-Crissy-Field-and-city-w-gas-tank-P08600.jpg

Contrasting to the two 2008 photos preceding it, this 1956 image shows a paved Crissy Field on its right, with an old PG&E gas tank still sitting in the Marina District.

Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P08600)


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