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Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. It is connected by a small isthmus to Yerba Buena Island, a naturally formed island. It was created in 1939 for the "Golden Gate International Exposition" by dredging up dirt from the bay. Treasure Island is wholly within the City and County of San Francisco, which territory extends far into San Francisco Bay and to the tip of the island of Alameda, California. The Administration Building, a Streamline Moderne-styled remnant of that World's Fair, is one of the few buildings remaining from the exposition. Today it serves largely as offices for The Villages, a private apartment-rental agency. The former housing for officers and their families is rented out to the general public, pending redevelopment and reconstruction of buildings on the island slated for 2008. After the World's Fair 1939–40 exhibition, the island was scheduled to be used as an airport when the navy stepped in and offered to exchange Mills Field on the San Francisco Peninsula near the city of Burlingame for the island. The City and County of San Francisco accepted the swap and the airport was built at Mills Field. During World War II Treasure Island became part of the Treasure Island Naval Base, where it served largely as an electronics and radio communications training school, and as the major navy departure point for sailors active in the Pacific theatre of the war. In 1996 Treasure Island and the Presidio Army Base were decommissioned and opened to public control, under stipulations. Treasure Island is now part of District 6 of the City and County of San Francisco, though it continues to be owned by the navy. A substantial part of the island is undergoing environmental cleanup by the federal government. The island has no gas station, and is served by a single bus, the San Francisco Municipal Railway 108. It has a job training center and is home to many low-income San Franciscans. The island has a raised walkway which circumnavigates almost its entire bulk, which is popular for recreation. Sea lions can be observed in the water from the shoreline, and construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge can be observed from the eastern part of the island. Treasure Island's old aircraft hangars also served for three years as the site of Comedy Central's Battlebots television show, and later as the set where the movie version of Rent was filmed. The Nash Bridges offices were also located on the island during the production of that show (1996–2001).
In 2005, one of the largest developers of the United Sates, Lennar Corporation, proposed to build a self-sustaining city on Treasure Island. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the proposal has 5,500 units of housing in several lowrise buildings, a few highrise buildings with solar panels and restaurants, including a 60 story tower. It also has an organic farm, a wind farm, and a ferry terminal facing San Francisco, parkland, and tidal marshes. The proposal is designed to be as car-independent as possible, with the ferry terminal and basic goods within a 10 minute walk of the residences. This is a change from the original plan which was more car-dependent and it had only one highrise tower. See www.sfgov.org for more information. See also Islands of San Francisco Bay External links Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 37.82334° -122.36827° Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps Topographic map from TopoZone Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA Satellite image from Google Maps or Windows Live Local Sky photo of Treasure Island from Microsoft Terraserver Weather satellite image from NASA Treasure Island message board 1942 Naval Seizure controversy SF filming locations for Nash Bridges
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of a less-prosperous recent history
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Bernal Heights, San Francisco, Cali
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The Castro, San Francisco, Californ
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Harvey Milk Plaza Site of Harvey Mi
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Chinatown, San Francisco, Californi
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Chinatown, causing gridlock on road
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While the neighborhood continues to
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Diamond Heights, San Francisco, Cal
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Duboce Triangle, San Francisco, Cal
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Embarcadero (San Francisco) From Wi
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Regional note There is also an Emba
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Fillmore District, San Francisco, C
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Financial District, San Francisco,
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The Financial District along Market
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Major features Japanese Tea Garden
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Aids Memorial Grove Main article AI
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See also Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate
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External links Timeline of the Haig
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Bars and Restaurants Naan and Chunt
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