Jorge Otero-Pailos, director of GSAPP’s Historic Preservation Program, speaks with alumni Rob Thomson, Federal Preservation Officer for the Presidio Trust, in advance of his Spring 2020 lecture at the school. The Presidio Trust is a unique, financially self-sufficient U.S. federal agency responsible for managing the Presidio of San Francisco, national park and home to the Golden Gate Bridge.
They discuss the park’s long military history which lasted from 1776 until 1994. The years following, the park underwent a grand period of experimentation in historic preservation, land use, public-private partnerships, and governance that has resulted in a remarkably successful National Park site and a revitalized National Historic Landmark District.
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