Parade Grounds
Unfinished History
Presidio parade grounds circa 1917.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
The main post/parade grounds in 1920s filled with tents.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.6263
Presidio Environmental restoration as urban renewal. Photographs of the Presidio parade grounds in 1917 and 1996.
The Presidio parade grounds in 1996.
Photo: Carla Lazer
The Main Post of the Presidio, with an archaeological dig just beyond the sign and the cannon, 2021.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Main post structures, home to various museums and nonprofits 2021.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Analysis of new (mid-2000s) plans for Presidio's Historic Parade Ground. Most recently Don Fisher, owner of The Gap, has sought permission to build a museum to house his extensive collection of modern art.
Presidio Trust overview of parade ground plans (pdf)
3rd Company, USTC, at the Presidio, Nov. 14, 1917.
Photo: Shaping San Francisco
U.S. troops stage mock battle, c. 1876. Troops from the Presidio were used to subdue natives in northeastern California not long before this exercise.
Photo: Private Collection