The San Francisco Bay Area is renowned for its tens of
thousands of acres of beautiful parks and public open spaces.
What many people don't know is that these
lands were almost lost to large-scale development.

Marincello: Invisible City

Vast Highway Network

Cliff House: Ocean Beach Riviera

Tiburon Bridge: Linking Telegraph Hill to Angel Island

Alcatraz: Space Museum and More

Bolinas Harbor: Yachts and Hotels

San Francisco Bay: Reduced to a Canal

Devil’s Slide: Development Over Open Space

Bodega Head: A Future Fukishima?

Point Reyes: Private Playground

Tiburon Bridge: Linking Telegraph Hill to Angel Island

Marin Highway System: The “Los Angelization” of the Bay Area?