The Administration Building, Treasure Island, on

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, is a Moderne style building designed by

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and

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. It has also been known as Building 1, as Command Naval Base San Francisco Headquarters, and as

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. It was listed on the

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in 2008. and Construction began in 1937 with landfill and site preparation, and was completed in 1938. During the

Golden Gate International Exposition The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) (1939 and 1940), held at San Francisco's Treasure Island, was a World's Fair celebrating, among other things, the city's two newly built bridges. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 193 ...

the building functioned as the terminal for

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transpacific flying boat service. The

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took over Treasure Island when the exposition ended and rather than continue as an airport, the building became an administration building. The building housed a museum until 1997. In 2011, San Francisco purchased Treasure Island from the U.S. Navy and there are plans to reopen the museum as part of a redevelopment project.

In popular culture

The Administration Building served as the "Berlin Airport" in the 1989 film ''

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''. It appeared as a hotel in the 1998 remake of '' The Parent Trap'' and also appears in the second season of

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's ''

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''.

References

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