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Fort Mason, in San Francisco, California is a former United States Army post located in the northern Marina District, alongside San Francisco Bay.Fort Mason served as an Army post for more than 100 years, initially as a coastal defense site [3] and subsequently as a military port facility.
It takes place every fall at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center for the Arts in San Francisco's Marina district. [ 4 ] The SFFAS was founded in 1982 by Toby Rose and Nancee Erickson as the major fundraising event for the non-profit Enterprise for High School Students .
In 2000, APE moved to San Francisco, [3] where it was held a one-day event at the Herbst Pavilion in Fort Mason, before moving to the Concourse Exhibition Center in 2003. The programming available at the event expanded under Comic-Con International, with APE 2005 offering panels, seminars, exhibitions and special guests.
The Fort Mason facilities were far too limited to support the marine logistics required for war in the Pacific and were quickly supplemented. U.S. Army transports berthed at the U.S. Army Transport Service docks at Fort Mason, CA, about 1929 The Oakland Army Base, a facility of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation Camp Stoneman October 11, 1947
1794: Castillo de San Joaquin, an artillery emplacement was built above present-day Fort Point, San Francisco, complete with iron or bronze cannon. Six cannons may be seen in the Presidio today. 1776–1821: The Presidio was a simple fort made of adobe, brush, and wood. It often was damaged by earthquakes or heavy rains.
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In front of the Maritime Museum is a man-made lagoon on the site of the former Black Point Cove. Black Point Cove was named for Black Point, which is a headland just above the cove, in Fort Mason. [5] To the west is the horseshoe-shaped Municipal Pier. [6] The lagoon is fronted by a sandy beach and a stepped concrete seawall.
The Magic Theatre is a theatre company founded in 1967, presently based at the historic Fort Mason Center on San Francisco's northern waterfront. The Magic Theatre is well known and respected for its singular focus on the development and production of new plays. Sean San José is the Artistic Director. [1]