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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

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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_

Proposal to run Muni's F-line Streetcar under Fort Mason

"America's Cup could aid F-line streetcars"

Saturday, March 19, 2011, SF Chronicle, SFGate.com,

"...A National Park Service plan to extend Muni's historic F-line streetcars to the Marina District and Fort Mason could get a push from the crowds expected to view the America's Cup in 2013."

"Eager to improve transit access to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Fort Mason Center and the National Maritime Historic Park, the park service is pressing for the extension of Muni's historic F-line streetcars from Fisherman's Wharf to Fort Mason, using an abandoned railroad tunnel."

"The park service released a draft environmental impact statement for the extension Friday, starting a 60-day public comment period. A certified environmental study is required before the project can move forward. The study is expected to be completed and certified by January."

"While the project will try to improve access to the national park facilities and that section of the city, transit officials and civic advocates believe the need for the $29 million project is urgent, given plans for thousands of America's Cup observers to descend on Marina Green...."

"The plan outlined by the park service would extend the F-line by about nine-tenths of a mile from its current terminus at Jones and Beach streets along Beach Street through the National Maritime Historic Park to the old State Belt Railroad tunnel at Van Ness Avenue and Jefferson Street. The 1,500-foot, one-track tunnel under Fort Mason emerges near Marina Boulevard and Laguna Street. From there it would either extend to the Fort Mason Center or the Great Meadow, where a turning loop would be built..."

See complete article:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/19/BA0I1IF0L3.DTL

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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