Our Presidio Trust just posted a video to the YouTube about the OC being in rehab.
You people want history* in the Presidio? Well here, have some, via un film du Melissa Peabody:
“No place in the Presidio is more beloved than the historic Officers’ Club, located on the Main Post. Over the course 235 years, the building has played many roles. It served as offices and living quarters for the fort commander, as a post headquarters, as officers’ quarters, and as a social center for the Spanish, Mexican, and United States armies. With each new use the building has grown and evolved, like the Presidio itself.
Today, the oldest and most revered building in the Presidio (and one of the two oldest in San Francisco) is undergoing a comprehensive historic rehabilitation that will revive its original grandeur and restore it as a focal point for visitors and as a venue for cultural events.
This video provides an overview of the Officers’ Club history and plans for returning it to its place as the Presidio’s premiere social destination.
The Officers’ Club will reopen as a community and social hub housing the Presidio Heritage Center in 2013. The project is expected to receive a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
This film is by Melissa Peabody. Copyright 2012, Presidio Trust”
*As opposed to a modern art building or a lodge or a working movie theatre or anything else the richers of the Marina actively fight against…