"It was interesting. It was very peaceful in the beginning because there just wasn't a lot of people there. I loved it because I could walk my dog up on Yerba Buena and man, it's just trees and all these eucalyptus trees and quiet, great views. It was very good for me, I loved it. It was great peace of mind and great relaxation. The community on Treasure Island was very small at first. I think I had mentioned to you in the past that Teri [Delane] and I actually got the number one sticker that they gave out for cars. They had some kind of reasoning whereby they had people at the gate. You had to have a sticker, you had to come through the gate with a sticker. If you had a sticker being a resident, you wouldn't be, I don't know, jammed up. You didn't get charged with... I don't know what it was. So we had sticker number one for our car. We felt so proud. We didn't know what the hell that meant, but we were sticker number one."
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Michael Delane
Former Captain of Treasure Island Station #48, San Francisco Fire Department