Treasure Island | treasure island san francisco
LandformandneighborhoodinSanFrancisco,California,UnitedStatesTreasureIslandisanartificialislandintheSanFranciscoBayandaneighborhoodintheCityandCountyofSanFrancisco.Builtin1936–37forthe1939GoldenGateInternationalExposition,theislandsWorldsFairsiteisaCaliforniaHistoricalLandmark.[6]BuildingstherehavebeenlistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces,andthehistoricalNavalStationTreasureIsland,anauxiliaryairfacility(forairships,blimps,dirigibles,planesandseaplanes),aredesignatedintheGeographicNames...
Landform and neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States
Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay and a neighborhood in the City and County of San Francisco. Built in 1936–37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the islands Worlds Fair site is a California Historical Landmark.[6] Buildings there have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the historical Naval Station Treasure Island, an auxiliary air facility (for airships, blimps, dirigibles, planes and seaplanes), are designated in the Geographic Names Information System.[5]
Geography[edit]The San Francisco census tract that includes Treasure Island extends up and down the San Francisco Bay and includes a small uninhabited tip of western Alameda Island.[7] Yerba Buena and Treasure islands together have a land area[verification needed] of 576.7 acres (233.4 ha) with – in 2010 – a total population of 2,500.[8] Treasure Island is connected by a ...