Marina Green

The Marina Green in San Francisco, California, is a 74-acre (300,000 m2) expanse of grass between Fort Mason and the Presidio.

It is adjacent to San Francisco Bay, and this location provides good views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, Alcatraz Island, and parts of Marin County.

Later, to provide land for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, this site and the adjacent neighborhood (now the present day Marina District) was filled in.

For a short time beginning September 9, 1920, through 1944, Marina Green served as Montgomery Airfield named in honor of pioneer aviator John J. Montgomery[1] and also as Marina Airfield and was the first terminus of the United States Post Office Department Transcontinental Air Mail Service coast to coast air mail route.

[3][4] The San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department administers the Marina Green.

Kites at Marina Green
Aerial view of Crissy Field through the northern waterfront, with Marina Green the green rectangle at center; Fort Baker and piers above it
View of Alcatraz Island from Marina Green