What it Takes to Redevelop Old Military Bases

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Mare Island, Alameda Naval Air Station, Treasure Island — San Francisco Bay is surrounded by former military bases that look largely abandoned and forgotten. Some businesses and artists are already making use of these spaces, but as reporter Pauline Bartolone finds out, redeveloping old military sites can be challenging, especially if the idea is to build much needed housing. This is the second installment in a two part series on shuttered military bases. You can listen to part one about why they closed in the first place here. Additional reading: Surprising Ways Former Bay Area Military Bases Are Transforming (and Why It Takes So Long) Read a transcript of this episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Pauline Bartolone. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Amanda Font and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Paul Lancour, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:58.0	Hey everyone, this is Olivia Allen Price.
1:00.8	And last week on Bay Curious,
1:02.5	we heard all about how the Bay Area
1:04.8	went from military powerhouse
1:07.0	to being left with dozens of vacant facilities.
1:11.4	All to answer this question from listener Cameron Toby.
1:15.4	Why are there so many abandoned military bases around the Bay Area?
1:19.6	It seems at one point that every branch of the military had a base here and now they're all
1:24.4	sitting empty.
1:25.2	So what happened to them and what's the future plans for these spaces?
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