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30 Sep 2021

SF’s Newest, Hottest, & Totally (Not) Toxic Beach!

San Francisco’s newest beach can be found in the Dogpatch District, in one of our cities oldest industrial coves.  It’s dotted with memorabilia of long past industrial blood, sweat and pollution.  It’s San Francisco’s hottest, newest and totally-not-toxic-anymore, beach! Sandwiched between SF’s beloved brunch spot The Ramp, World War II

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13 May 2021

When Treasure Island Burned Down

Treasure Island was built by dredging and then dumping imported debris into the shoals of the north side of Yerba Buena Island in 1939.  An island to help host and show off the Golden Gate International Exposition.  A lot of the buildings were made of wood or plaster, built quickly,

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