Recent Event Highlights: Treasure Island Community Developers, Treasure Island Enterprises, Treasure Island Department Authority, Treasure Island Sinking, Treasure Island Syndrome, Navy Opens Island to Public, and 18 more...
Created by jchinn84 on Jun 9, 2010
Last updated: 12/19/11 at 11:49 AM
Approximation of when City developers finalize legal papers for the master plan.
Draft environmental impact report to be released for public view.
San Francisco and the Navy reach agreement to convey land to the city for redevelopment. Navy guaranteed $55 million at first an additional $50 million later and a share of profits from land sales.
Treasure Island Community Development releases updated drawings of the building plan, adopting a green and smart-growth concepts.
Island authority approves exclusive negotiating agreement with Treasure Island Community Developers, a partnership headed by Darius Anderson and Lennar critics decry lack of competition and overly generous agreement.
Island authority selects Treasure Island Enterprises, led by Darius Anderson and Ron Burkle, to modernize Clipper Cove Marina. A civil grand jury criticizes the bidding.
City chooses Lennar Corp. to develop Hunters Point Shipyard.
The Treasure Island Department Authority created as a state agency, controlled by mayor of San Francisco.
The Island, which had been 14 feet above sea level at its inception, has sunk nine feet. The cause: Loma Prieta. Photo By Irene/Creative Commons.
Board of Supervisors designate Treasure Island as a redevelopment area. Photo By NASA.
Scenes from the serial killer movie 'Copycat' were filmed in Building 2 on Treasure Island. First Hollywood movie to use both outdoor shots of San Francisco and indoor sound stage sequences. SF film promoters hope other movie produces would film in the city.
Naval Station Treasure Island tagged for closure by the federal government's Base Realignment and Base Closure.
SF Examiner asks Bay Area architects for ideas on Treasure Island. Suggestions included the UN to move from New York, a pleasure dome, golf course, aquarium and annex to Academy of Sciences and a correctional facility.
Not only did the Bay Bridge suffer significant damage, but Treasure Island, seven miles west of the Hayward Fault and 18 miles east of the San Andreas Fault, sufferd a liquefaction during 6.9 Lome Prieta earthquake. Photo By Joe Lewis/Creative Commons.
Building One, headquarters of Treasure Island Navel Station, was used in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. The building was transformed into the Berlin airport, circa 1938. Photo By BrokenSphere/Creative Commons.
Navy Marine Corps Museum opens. The museum is a navy contribution to the city celebrating it's bi-centennial. Photo By Ingrid Taylor/Creative Commons.
Enlisted families relocate from Yerba Buena Island to new housing on Treasure Island.
Navy announces open bids for approximately $4.5 million worth of housing. Junior Chamber of Commerce asked for a 120 moratorium so that the land can be evaluated for small-plane airport.
Phone calls from reporters to navy officials occurred on a regular basis on rumors that the island was shutting down. Navy officials called it the Treasure Island Syndrome.
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the World's Fair, the Navy opened parts of the island to the public. One of the buildings opened included the Basilone Theater showing movies of the fair. Photo By San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Pan American Airlines shuts down its China Clipper Service. The Island was housing Pan Am's airplanes and were showcased during the fair. Photo By State Library and Archives of Florida.
San Francisco officially leases Treasure Island to U.S. Military. Treasure Island is now called the Naval Training and Distribution Center. Photo By U.S. Historical Center.
Letters written from Walter A. Haas, president San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to Sen Hiram W. Johnson, reaffirms Haas' opposition of the Navy taking over Treasure Island. Haas said 10 years of planning for an airport would be lost.
The World's Fair is open to the public. Photo By San Francisco History Museum, San Francisco Public Library.
Governor Frank Merriam is part of the groundbreaking ceremony for the exposition.
Proposals for venue idea's were discussed. Suggestions included Golden Gate Park, Presidio and Lake Merced. Architects W.P. Day and George W Kelham suggest Yerba Buena.
City leaders wanted to plan a big celebration when both Golden Gate and Bay Bridges were completed. Pulse of the Public column published a letter from Joseph Dixon in the San Francisco News who suggested a Word's Fair. Photo By U.S. Library of Congress.
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