Crissy Field Falls Fallow

If you’ve been following the story of a future mid-Crissy Field development at the Presidio, you know that from 18 proposals, the Presidio Trust narrowed the finalists to three: ... Read More

A & E

Alcatraz: Life on the Rock

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

I’ve never chatted with a career criminal before,” I said, smiling at the soft-spoken 80-year-old man who was talking to me while eating scrumptious appetizers at San F... Read More

Three plans vie for Crissy Field go-ahead

George Lucas among hopefuls seeking to build cultural institutions on old Sports Basement site

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Controversy is nothing new when it comes to planning major additions or changes to the Presidio of San Francisco’s military base-turned-national park. Promotors of several ne... Read More

Socially Responsible

Futures Without Violence: Is it really possible?

Esta Soler’s three-decade network-building pays off

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

More than 30 years ago, after graduating from Simmons College in Connecticut, Esta Soler began her activist career in California. It was a time and place that would set the stage f... Read More

Socially Responsible

Walt Disney Family Museum thrives at the Presidio

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Nearly four years ago, those of us who are fortunate enough to write about innovative programs in San Francisco were treated to the site of carpenters, electricians, and painters r... Read More

Socially Responsible

Presidio’s Fort Scott to house new leadership program

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Fort Winfield Scott stands in one of the northernmost spots of the Presidio, where the ocean almost meets the Bay. Its buildings and grounds were once the home of the United States... Read More

Socially Responsible

Presidio Graduate School offers green degrees

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Depending on your age, you may remember a time when “the green movement” and “sustainability” were absent from our language and goals. Today, a former army barracks... Read More

The Baum Foundation: A unique approach to charitable giving

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; but if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for life.” If you remember this proverb, you will understand the heart of a unique ... Read More

News

President Obama appoints Presidio Trust board members

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

President Obama has appointed two new members and reappointed one existing member to the Presidio Trust board of directors: Paula R. Collins is chief executive officer of WEG Ven... Read More

A & E

Creating a context for communication: ‘Table of Voices’ returns to Alcatraz

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

When a perpetrator of a crime is sent to prison, visitors and visitations are limited. Usually only family members, attorneys and, sometimes, approved friends are allowed inside. T... Read More

Socially Responsible

Presidio houses young nonprofit with age-old goals

The Skoll Global Threats Fund

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Many have heard that Bill and Melinda Gates and George Lucas have pledged to give away at least half of their money when they die. A third philanthropist now belongs to this group:... Read More

News

Happy 75th to a bridge that almost wasn’t built

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Bridging Us All is the theme for the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary celebration, featuring a yearlong schedule of public events. A highlight of the celebration is the ... Read More

Profiles

Golden Gate Bridge opening a vivid memory for Lola Silvestri

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Lola Silvestri — Lola Culleton at the time — was 16 years old when the Golden Gate Bridge opened. She was attending the now-defunct Polytechnic High School, across from... Read More

News

After nearly two decades as a national park, the first inn opens in the Presidio

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Of the nation’s 58 national parks, most have lodges or inns offering overnight stays to visitors: the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite, the Paradise Inn in Mount Rainier National P... Read More

Marilyn Damon Diamond