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EarthHacker
08-25-2005, 08:22 PM
Hello,

does anybody know something about these buildings?

Regards
Huminie
08-25-2005, 10:34 PM
I am not sure about those building in particular, but that is "Treasure Island". It is a man-made island built for the world's fair in 1939 and was then used by the US Navy. Now it has some low-income retals and such.
McMaster_de
08-25-2005, 10:46 PM
Like the shape of the buildings, I think it was "the brig" of "Naval Station Treasure Island". It is hard to find some detailed information about the facilities on the island.
burningdesire
08-25-2005, 10:51 PM
I was surfing the net and the closest I could find was info about the SFO World fair of 1939 ... thats actually when Treasure island was covered with buildings and the half moon shaped builing on the lower south west corner of TI was the main entrance. There are no pictures of the star builings whatsoever but I believe they are from the world fair, too
McMaster_de
08-25-2005, 11:03 PM
No they are from later.
McMaster_de
08-25-2005, 11:22 PM
1942 photo
kme
08-25-2005, 11:45 PM
when you look to the left of the island you can see a strange and funny group of boats ( I think :spin: )
ibob74
08-26-2005, 02:50 AM
Probaly a regatta.
McMaster_de
08-26-2005, 08:06 AM
A Blimp view of Treasure Island Naval Base. The two spoke buildings are the Enlisted barracks.

http://www.oldbluejacket.com/treasureisland.htm
anonanon
08-02-2006, 09:54 PM
These were the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters for Naval Station Treasure Island. I stayed in them in the late 1980's. They were set up kind of like a hotel, with 3-man rooms, and goverment concrete-block construction.