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February 6, 2012

Can San Francisco revamp Dogpatch district, but save its history and soul?

  • The Port is tasked with restoring two dozen buildings in what's been described as the most intact 19th century industrial complex west of the Mississippi River.
    • By BETH DUFF-BROWN
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — There's a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up against first-class ocean liners docked for repair.

    Residents of San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood overlook the rough-and-tumble Pier 70 waterfront and bask in the smell of fresh fish, the cacophony of fog horns and Canadian geese, the jumble of Victorian cottages tucked between corrugated barns and industrial brick icons of the late 1800s.


     
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