Treasure Island ~ "A Small Town in a Big City"

Statues from the People of the Pacific, featured in 1939's Golden Gate International Exposition, are stored on Treasure Island. Carl Nolte/The Chronicle

"Native Son" columnist Carl Nolte visited Treasure Island recently and offered this description: "An intriguing place where the past, present, and future are mixed up on a 400-acre artificial island, a small town in a big city."

You can read his essay, San Francisco’s Treasure: An Island with a Rich History and Bright Future, online here.