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How to see what’s not there anymore:

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mapquest/google-earth still believes the building hasn’t even burned yet:

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Thanks & Photos from Tour

 

photo Kristin Palm

 

 

Thanks to the BARGE crew of Lauren Shufran, Carrie Stone, Lindsey Boldt, Ariel Goldberg, & Erika Staiti, along with Valerie Imus of Yerba Buena Center. 

Photos at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24889946@N08/tags/buriedtreasureislanddetour/

BARGE Treasure Island Tour: Sat 10/11

The Treasure Island Tour this Saturday is fully booked; however there may very well be open seats due to last-minute cancellations so feel free to show up at Yerba Buena Center by noon on Sat if you want to get on the wait list. details below:

 

 

TREASURE ISLAND TOUR This Saturday, as part of Yerba Buena Center's "Ground Scores" exhibit, BARGE (the Bay Area Research Group in Enviro-aesthetics) will lead a (de)tour of Treasure Island, as part of its "Buried Treasure Island" installation currently on view at YBCA. How do we encounter a man-made island and former military base in the middle of the bay, and how might we envision other ways of seeing in the midst of hazardous waste areas, boarded-up buildings, and other uncanny sites and sights? The tour will explore how we view a landscape's past, present, and possible futures, when many of its features are either destroyed, invisible, or strangely, hidden in plain sight. Saturday, October 11, 12-4pm Tour shuttle departs from (& returns to) Yerba Buena Center - meet in lobby. There will be some walking, so wear comfortable shoes. It can be quite cold & windy on the island, so bring layers. In case of rain, some outdoor activities may be curtailed but the tour will go on! (De)tourists are encouraged to bring cameras (and/or their imaginations) for counter-postcard opportunities. for more information on BARGE and the Buried Treasure Island project, please visit the BTI page.

 

More thank yous

Some thank you’s that inadvertently got left out of the guidebook:

Tanya Hollis @ the California Historical Society, Jocelyn Saidenberg @ SF Public Library Archives, CA Conrad & his (Soma)tic Midge, Kim Rosenfield for turning me on to Maurice Apprey, Thom Donovan for inviting me to stage an improvisatory investigation into method at Peace on A, Ara Shirinyan, Joseph Mosconi, & Andrew Maxwell at the Poetic Research Bureau in LA, for inviting me to do some further impromptu speculation on the project-in-progress, & Kimberly Johansson for her critical eye.

The Geomatrix

Perimeter Dikes at the Treasure Island Naval Station, U.S. Navy, Western Division, San Francisco Bay, CA. Project manager responsible for evaluating liquefaction potential, assessing seismic dike stability and deformation, estimating shaking-induced ground settlement, and assessing the performance of building foundations and underground utilities. Work included reviewing pre- and post-construction records and subsurface data; drilling, sampling, and logging exploratory borings; performing cone penetrometer testing; and mapping ground cracks. To mitigate future hazards, Geomatrix recommended stabilizing perimeter dikes, modifying foundation systems of structures, and raising ground elevations to prevent flooding. Based on feasibility evaluations of possible design schemes for dike stabilization, we identified three alternatives (stone columns, deep soil mixing, and rock berms) as being preferable and most cost-effective.

Audio Tour Online

You can now download the BARGE audio podcast tour of Treasure Island at Yerba Buena Center’s BAN5 site. You can also use their google map, or download both through the BARGE BTI site.