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'''Two faces of Hunters Point'''
'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''


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'''A Bayview mansion in the 1990s'''
[[Image:India-basin-power-skyline15.jpg]]
 
'''The [[Hunters Point Mid-1990s|PG&E Hunter's Point power plant]], finally shut down after years of community pressure, on the shoreline in 2007 prior to its deconstruction.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
 
[[Image:Across-India-Basin-at-demolished-pge-plant-and-downtown 7734.jpg]]
 
'''March 2009, after demolition of PG&E power plant, the view across [[India Basin|India Basin]] north towards Herons Head Park and downtown in distance too.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


''photo: Chris Carlsson''


[[Image:bayvwhp$pge-powerplant.jpg]]
[[Image:bayvwhp$pge-powerplant.jpg]]


'''PG&E Hunter's Point power plant in the 1990s.'''
'''[[India Basin|PG&E Hunter's Point power plant]] in the 1990s.'''


''photo: Chris Carlsson''
''photo: Chris Carlsson''


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[[Image:HP1.jpg]]
 
'''PG&E Hunter's Point power plant as it is being torn down, c. 2009.'''
 
''Photo: Alex Lantsberg''
 
[[Image:HP3.jpg]]
 
'''Demolition underway at PG&E Hunter's Point power plant.'''
 
''Photo: Alex Lantsberg''
 
[[Image:HP17.jpg]]
 
'''Interior of closed PG&E plant before demolition.'''
 
''Photo: Alex Lantsberg''
 
[[Image:HP22.jpg]]
 
'''Part of an ongoing deindustrialization of San Francisco, this PG&E plant had been one of the City's biggest air polluters. Neighborhood campaigning forced its closure and demolition.'''
 
''Photo: Alex Lantsberg''
 
[[Image:HP49.jpg]]
 
'''Picturesque ruins.'''
 
''Photo: Alex Lantsberg''
 
[[Image:HP52.jpg]]
 
'''The end.'''
 
''Photo: Alex Lantsberg''
 
 
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[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1990s]]
[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Power and Money]] [[category:ecology]]

Latest revision as of 17:30, 24 June 2013

Unfinished History


India-basin-power-skyline15.jpg

The PG&E Hunter's Point power plant, finally shut down after years of community pressure, on the shoreline in 2007 prior to its deconstruction.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Across-India-Basin-at-demolished-pge-plant-and-downtown 7734.jpg

March 2009, after demolition of PG&E power plant, the view across India Basin north towards Herons Head Park and downtown in distance too.

Photo: Chris Carlsson


Bayvwhp$pge-powerplant.jpg

PG&E Hunter's Point power plant in the 1990s.

photo: Chris Carlsson


HP1.jpg

PG&E Hunter's Point power plant as it is being torn down, c. 2009.

Photo: Alex Lantsberg

HP3.jpg

Demolition underway at PG&E Hunter's Point power plant.

Photo: Alex Lantsberg

HP17.jpg

Interior of closed PG&E plant before demolition.

Photo: Alex Lantsberg

HP22.jpg

Part of an ongoing deindustrialization of San Francisco, this PG&E plant had been one of the City's biggest air polluters. Neighborhood campaigning forced its closure and demolition.

Photo: Alex Lantsberg

HP49.jpg

Picturesque ruins.

Photo: Alex Lantsberg

HP52.jpg

The end.

Photo: Alex Lantsberg


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