- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Art Works, Infrastructure and Utilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
‘These twin hangars were constructed for permanent use to be part of a future flying field but were made available for temporary use by the exposition. Each structure has mechanically operated doors 200 feet wide and 40 feet high with a possible increase in height to 65 feet at the centers. A one-story shop wing 40 feet wide extends along one side of each building. The two structures were completed in June 1938 at a total cost for both of $709,239.’–Short and Brown, p. 534.
The west hangar was the Hall of Transportation and the east hangar was the Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts for the Golden Gate International Exposition.
“Treasure Island was originally intended to be a municipal airport after the fair, but was turned over to the US Navy when World War II began.”
https://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/yerbabuena/aybi_military.htm
Source notes
Short, C. W. (Charles Wilkins) and Stanley-Brown, R. (Rudolph). Public Buildings : a Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration. Washington, D.C. : Public Works Administration : U.S. G.P.O., 1939.At this Location:
- Treasure Island Administration and Terminal Building - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island Seawall, Landscaping, and Fill - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island Fine Arts Building - Golden Gate International Exposition - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island Hall of Transportation - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island - Golden Gate International Exposition - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island: Golden Gate International Exposition Murals - San Francisco CA
View all sites at Treasure Island: Golden Gate International Exposition - San Francisco CA (7 Sites)
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