Treasure Island
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This man made island was used as an international airport, the location of the 1940 World’s Fair and a military base. Treasure Island neighborhood was built from fill and is connected to Yerba Buena Island and is the center support for the Bay Bridge. This neighborhood has a great location with magnificent views. There are 1,100 apartment units here that are being leased to low-income |
families teachers, police and firefighters. This neighborhood can offer up some images of a ghost town, as most of the islands facilities have not found supplemental users since the military left. On Treasure Island you will find a beautiful aged Art Deco building that was constructed for the 1940 World's Fair. It is now the Treasure Island rental office and police station. Yerba Buena Island has some nicely forested natural hills.
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There was a shoal here that was only 26 feet beneath the bay’s surface. It was a very dangerous navigation hazard. Two hundred and eighty-seven thousand tons of quarried rock was dumped. A significant section of the ocean floor here was excavated and mixed with the quarried rock to build a wall 13 feet above the tide line. These materials were washed to remove the salt and fifty thousand cubic yards of loam were added to the mix. This pile of earthen materials created a four hundred acre island. Some of the buildings constructed here included administrative buildings one of these buildings cost nearly one million dollars. There were also two airplane hangers constructed.
Yerba Buena Island
Yerba Buena Island has a number of names that include Seabird Island, Wood Island and Goat Island.
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