Historic Fort Mason
Center, San Francisco
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Club Meetings at Fort
Mason
Verify the date and place of SFBAPCC
meetings by checking the top of the postcard.org home
page (or calendar). Club
meetings are usually held on the 4th Saturday of every month except
December from noon to 3 PM in Building C
(usually in C-260) at Fort
Mason Center.
Enlarge Image of Building C Location
Fort Mason Center is located between Fisherman’s Wharf and the
Golden Gate Bridge on San Francisco Bay. There is no Fort
Mason street address (which is a legacy from its military past).
Directions by Car to
Fort Mason
_Print Fort Mason Center
Driving Directions (Acrobat PDF File)
From East Bay: Bay Bridge
to Fremont St. Exit; on Fremont St. (100 yards north) go right
on Howard St. (first right off of exit); left onto Embarcadero
Blvd. and go about 2 miles; left onto Bay St. and go 2 miles; right
on Buchanan St.; cross Marina Blvd. and take a sharp right into
Fort Mason Center parking. We meet in Building C (usually in C-260).
From North Bay: Take the
Golden Gate Bridge (US 101); head toward San Francisco and
exit at Marina Blvd.; go 1.5 miles to Buchanan St.; turn left
into Fort Mason Center and make an immediate right toward Fort
Mason Center parking. We meet in Building C (usually in C-260).
From Peninsula/South Bay: Take
US 101 North to the 9th St. Exit; exit at 9th St.; take
9th St. across Market St.; left onto Hayes St.; right onto
Franklin St.; left onto Bay St.; right onto Buchanan St.;
cross Marina Blvd. and take a sharp right into Fort Mason
Center parking. We meet in Building C (usually in C-260).
GPS Coordinates of
Fort Mason
Main Entrance:
(Road is mapped to here - will work with GPS car navigation.)
37.80504° N, 122.43370° W ( or decimal 37.80504,
-122.43370 )
or, use the intersection of Marina Blvd. & Buchanan St. in
San Francisco, CA.
Building C: (Road
is NOT mapped to here - will NOT work with GPS car navigation.)
37.80682° N, 122.43127° W ( or decimal 37.80682,
-122.43127 )
Parking at Fort Mason
Parking might be difficult. Pay close attention to parking
restriction signs (especially near the small boat docks). Also,
Safeway will tow cars that do not belong to Safeway shoppers.
CONVENIENT PAY PARKING
There is a fee for parking
for more than 29 minutes within the gates of lower Fort Mason Center
in the parking area adjacent to our meeting room. Enter
the lower Fort Mason Center parking area at the intersection
of Buchanan Street and Marina Boulevard. Make a sharp right into
the Center. Parking
fees.
NEARBY FREE PARKING
Upper Fort Mason (entrance at Franklin
and Bay Streets) and parking spaces maintained by the National
Parks Service (for example: along the Marina Green) are free.
Maps of Fort Mason
Fort
Mason Center's Map PDF
National
Parks Service's Fort Mason Map PDF
MapQuest
Map
Google
Map
Yahoo
Map
Vpike's
Google Street View
Public Transportation
to Fort Mason
SF MUNI lines to or near Fort Mason Center:
10 Townsend (stops at Van Ness and
Bay, a short walk from Fort Mason Center)
22 Fillmore (stops at Fillmore
and Beach, a short walk from Fort Mason Center)
28 Nineteenth Avenue (stops right
outside the Fort Mason Center gates)
30 Stockton (stops at
Chestnut and Laguna, a short walk from Fort Mason Center)
47 Van Ness (stops
at Van Ness and Bay, a short walk from Fort Mason
Center)
49 Van Ness/Mission
(stops at Van Ness and Bay, a short walk from
Fort Mason Center)
See SF
MUNI, 511 Trip Planner
or Nextmuni for
more details.
History Walk of Fort
Mason
National
Parks Service's Fort Mason History Walk PDF_
Exploratorium Outdoor
Exhibits at Fort Mason
Exploratorium's
Outdoor Exhibits at Fort Mason PDF_
Embezzlement at Fort
Mason
Matier & Ross, SF
Chronicle: "...Well, now comes word of another big
embezzlement case, this one involving the managing director of San
Francisco's Fort Mason Center. Al Goncalves, who holds a
Portuguese passport and may have been in the country illegally, was
taken into federal custody Friday in Los Angeles. He's accused of
bilking $585,000 from Fort Mason over the past seven years.
Fort Mason executive director Ann Lazarus tells us that a routine
review of bank statements revealed that box office and operating
funds had been transferred into Goncalves' checking account..."
(A "routine review?" $585,000 over 7 years?)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/05/BAC31A09HR.DTL
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08/21/2010 09:25:37 PM -0400
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