Cultural Currents has learned of a new development that should
appeal to Bay Crossings readers and anyone who is engaged in waterfront lore.
Coming in late February, San Francisco’s Presidio will unveil its the
state-of-the-art William Penn Mott, Jr. Visitor Center.
According to spokesmen, this is a
place as “dynamic and inventive as the Presidio itself.”
Spokesmen add that the center is a
platform for discovery, using video, exhibits, interactive tools, and
knowledgeable staff to help visitors uncover the incredible array of
experiences that are possible here.
In today’s Presidio, visitors can
take a hike on a 24-mile network of trails; see sculptures
by famed artist Andy Goldsworthy; take in the panoramic views; visit San
Francisco’s oldest building reborn as a museum and cultural center and bird
watch at restored wetlands.
The new Presidio Visitor Center is
housed in a refurbished historic (1900) guardhouse in the heart of the park with
views overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. It sits at the pinnacle of a site
once dominated by a freeway. That roadway has been put into tunnels allowing
for the creation of a spectacular new 14-acre landscape designed by the makers
of New York City’s High Line.
The project, known, as the Presidio
Tunnel Tops, will open in 2019, marking the Presidio’s 25th anniversary as a national park.
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