FoundSF

Oral History

Interviewed by Chris Carlsson for Shaping San Francisco on March 2, 2023.

An oral history interview with Marc Kasky, long-time Executive Director of Fort Mason. He describes his personal trajectory from his early college experiences through several community development projects in places back east, then his move to San Francisco and immersion in the Ecology Center on Columbus Street when it was nearly moribund. A few years later he was hired at Fort Mason during its early conversion to part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and eventually became the Executive Director who made it the thriving cultural hub it has become.

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This is the excerpt in which he discusses his long-time role at Fort Mason:

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This is the excerpt in which he discusses his role in resuscitating the San Francisco Ecology Center around 1975-77:

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