TI 1938
Unfinished History
Treasure Island taking shape in 1938. After two years as a celebratory World's Fair, it became a military base at the outset of WWII. San Francisco is currently seeking a large private developer to reconfigure it for civilian use, probably a theme park company. Yerba Buena Island ("Goat Island") is at left of center.
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
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Kodachrome footage of the San Francisco World's Fair, held on Treasure Island.
Video: Prelinger Archive, original filmmaker unknown
1997 view of Treasure Island from Yerba Buena Island just to its south. Building in lower right is being used as a movie studio, while the entire island is about to be given back to the city of San Francisco. There is a lot of seismic and toxic mitigation work ahead to make it useful. The building in the center was a Nazi airport in an Indiana Jones movie.
Photo: Chris Carlsson