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Presidio Trust Press Room 

Below is a list of Presidio Trust press releases. For media inquires, contact Dana Polk, Government and Media Relations, at (415) 561-2710.

Press Releases:

 
9/12/2008Two Presidio Favorites Win "San Francisco Beautiful" Award: Immigrant Point Overlook and Batteries to Bluffs Trail to be Honored
9/5/2008Presidio Breaks Ground on Expansion of San Francisco's Only Campground: Improvements Will Create New Opportunities for Kids
9/4/2008Take a Self-Guided "Walk through Time" on Lovers' Lane at the Presidio: Free Audio Tour Offers Interactive Experience
9/2/2008Public Has More Time to Weigh in on Proposals for the "Heart of the Presidio"
9/2/2008Presidio Tour Kicks Off "Architecture and the City" Festival
8/28/2008Presidio Taking it to the Streets: Mock Trail Offers a Taste of the Presidio Experience at City's "Sunday Streets" Event
8/26/2008Presidio Welcomes "Free Shakespeare in the Park" for 5th Season, Featuring "Pericles"
8/19/2008Presidio Main Post Walking Tours Enter Final Week: Tours Showcase Post's History and Ideas for the Future
8/19/2008Watershed Restoration Gets Underway at the Presidio: Wetland Revitalization Begins in September
7/23/2008Free Red Cross Photo Exhibit at the Presidio Showcases Strength of Human Spirit Amid War
7/21/2008Presidio's Historic Arguello Gate Gets Facelift
6/13/2008Presidio Trust Invites the Public to "Pasados del Presidio" Free Events and Programs to Commemorate the Birthday of San Francisco
6/9/20081890's Capstone Returns to Presidio's Historic Arguello Gate Wall After 18-Year Absence: Artisan Stonecarvers Work to Restore Historic Wall Damaged by Truck
6/6/2008First Senior High School Class to Graduate at the Presidio: the Presidio Trust Joins the Bay School in Congratulating Seniors
5/8/2008140th Memorial Day Ceremony at the Presidio of San Francisco
4/15/2008Transforming Art Exhibit Extended at the Presidio Until June 15, 2008
1/30/2008Presidio Trust to Pursue Contemporary Art Museum and History Center
1/25/2008President George W. Bush Appoints New Members to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors
1/16/2008Presidio to Host Transforming Art: The Art of Chris Hardman: An Exhibition Designed to Reveal How Our Minds Transform Visual Information
12/20/2007Presidio Hosts Pilot Project Using Mushrooms and Hair to Clean Oil Contamination: Hope is to Use Safer, Greener Method to Clean up Future Spills
10/15/2007Presidio Trust Selects Larkspur Hotels and Restaurants to Develop Presidio Lodge
8/27/2007Presidio Trust Proposes Revitalization of Tennessee Hollow Watershed
8/8/2007Presidio Trust Invites Proposals for Premier Cultural Institutions in the Heart of the Presidio
7/20/2007Public Invited to Tour Archaeological Excavation: Foundations of Original Spanish Settlement Visible
7/11/2007Presidio Trust and National Park Service Test Methods to Increase Native Plants: Pilot Project Includes Small Controlled Burns
6/22/2007Traditional Stone Carver Engraves Quote at Presidio's Immigrant Point Overlook: Hand-Engraved Passage Complements Stunning Ocean Views
6/19/2007Free Pasados del Presidio Events Commemorate the Presidio's History: Family-Friendly Events June 23-29
5/29/2007Free "Fingerprint your Child" Event at the Presidio on June 1, 2007: U.S. Park Police will Create Child Identification Kits
5/22/20072007 Memorial Day Ceremony at the Presidio Honors San Franciscans Killed in Iraq
5/15/2007New Exhibit of Robert Cameron Aerial Photographs Opens May 18 at the Presidio: 55 Large-Format Prints Show Mankind's Impact
5/4/2007Scientists to Present New Findings on Presidio's Plants, Animals, and Archaeology at May 11, 2007 Conference
4/27/2007Presidio Trust Announces Agreement on Development of Historic Hospital Building in the Presidio: Former Public Health Service Hospital to Become Apartments
4/11/2007Presidio of San Francisco receives $15 million gift from Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
6/19/2006Stunning Plants + Insects Exhibit at the Presidio Explores Art and Science
6/19/2006Pasados del Presidio Event Commemorates the Past through Music, Dance, and Stories
5/18/20062006 Memorial Day Ceremony at the Presidio Honors Americans Killed in Iraq and Afghanistan
5/15/2006Presidio Trust Honored with Prestigious Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence
3/29/2006Presidio Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake
6/23/2005Presidio Pasados Commemorates a San Francisco Landmark: Afternoon Family Fun and an Evening Dance Performance at the Presidio on Friday, June 24
6/20/2005Union Square Palm Trees Get New Presidio Address: Palm Trees Rescued after Downtown Redesign Become Part of Historic Presidio Trail
6/17/2005Stanford Archaeologists Unravel 200-year Old Presidio Mystery: Artifacts from Long-Ago Fire on Display During Archaeology Open House
6/7/2005Rarely Seen Birds Spotted in the Presidio: Last Observed in 1936
6/3/2005President Bush Names Three to Presidio Trust Board: Bay Area Residents Have Stanford Connections
5/11/2005Historic Pilots Row Neighborhood in the Presidio Awarded Preservation Grant
5/10/2005Memorial Day at the Presidio Honors Fallen Iraqi War Veterans
5/3/2005Prestigious Award for Preservation Goes to Toby Rosenblatt
4/28/2005Immigrant Point Overlook at the Presidio Opens: Twenty-three Foreign Nationals from Eighteen Countries to Become New Americans
4/11/2005Presidio Trust Hires Chief Operating Officer
3/3/2005San Francisco State Bee Study at the Presidio Identifies 56 Species
2/23/2005Presidio Archaeologists Sift Through 200 Years of Time in Officers' Club
1/24/2005Famed Aerial Photographer Displays Dazzling Shots in "From Above" Exhibit at the Presidio
11/16/2004Walt Disney Family Foundation Holds Open House at the Presidio
11/15/2004100 Disease-Resistant Trees Planted in the Presidio
6/23/2004Presidio Exhibit Features Birds of the Pacific Slope
6/21/2004Presidio Pasados Commemorates Oldest San Francisco Landmarks
6/21/2004Stanford University Archaeologists Dig for Buried Secrets from the Presidio's Past: Excavation May Reveal Private Lives of Early San Franciscans
5/3/2004Memorial Day Honors Fallen U.S. Men and Women in Iraqi Conflict: World War II Memorial Stamp Cancellation Featured
4/12/2004Forest City Named to Preserve Historic Presidio Hospital
2/20/2004Independent Federal Panel Applauds Presidio Trust Progress: Report Notes Challenges Ahead for the Presidio
12/30/2003Parks' Champion Appointed to the Presidio Trust Board
12/1/2003Secretary of the Interior's Designee Resigns from Presidio Trust Board
11/18/2003Top Landscape Architectural Firm Chosen for Presidio Project
11/5/2003Presidio House Tours Showcase 100-Year-Old Officers' Homes
10/27/2003Presidio Trust Board to Hear Plans for Preservation Project: Former Marine Hospital May Be Converted to Residential Use
10/6/2003Flight Attendants to Model 50 Years of Airline Style: San Francisco Celebrates Centennial of Flight on October 18 at Crissy Field
9/8/2003"The Blob" Oozes into Film in the Fog at the Presidio: Free Outdoor Screening of 1958 Sci-Fi Classic with Steve McQueen
8/29/2003President Appoints Three Bay Area Leaders to Presidio Board
8/28/2003Three Firms Vie for Largest Presidio Preservation Project
8/21/2003 Presidio Plan for Preserving Park Receives Six Major Awards
7/22/2003Foundation of SF Matriarch's Adobe House Unearthed in Dig: Major Discover at Presidio Dig Site by Stanford Archaeologists
7/9/2003Stanford Archaeologists May Unearth Origins of Early San Francisco
7/7/2003From Munitions to Merlot: Historic Presidio Battery to Store Cases of Fine Wine and Collectables
6/27/2003Whose Flag is it Anyway?: Tom Hayden and Bay Area Journalists Talk about the U.S. Flag
6/24/2003Presidio Pasados Commemorates the Past
6/19/2003Presidio Pets and the Pearly Gates
6/17/2003Presidio Named a Bicycle Friendly Community: One of Six Communities to Receive Award at June 17 Presidio Ceremony
6/12/2003Historic Flags to Fly Unfettered over the Presidio on Flag Day
2/27/2003Women of the World Art Exhibit at the Presidio Officers' Club
5/9/2003Memorial Day Honors Fallen U.S. Soldiers In Iraqi War
4/29/2003Presidio Trust Seeks to Preserve Former Public Health Hospital
4/8/2003Presidio Compost and Regeneration Program Wins Top Environmental Award
3/25/2003Program: Gender Wars in the Military
3/18/2003Presidio Hosts Spring Homes Tours
2/11/2003Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio Takes Shape
1/10/2003Two Centuries of U.S. Flags on Exhibit at the Presidio
12/9/2002Presidio Trust Board of Directors Selects Executive Director

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