HI I loved this video I was there in about 1991 or1992 as a Navy Wife with My 3 kids and Husband I lived at 1125 Gateview This brought back so many Memories thank you. Although Have not heard of the radioactive stuff before will have to check it out
Ernie, thank you very much for the wonderful video you shot of Naval Station Tresure Islang. I was stationed there from 1992 to 1994 in the Post Office. I remember all the housing there and the Navy exchange like it was yesterday (fond memories). I think the most shocking thing is the that the guard booth is a coffee shop now. Still is was nice to see the Island again. Thanks a bunches
I went to this school in the early 80s. 4th A& 5th Grade. At the beginning of the video was my 2 old classrooms. I Remember Mrs. Plummer & Mr. Pult as my teachers. Bring back memories. Thanks for the posting!
I went to ET school there in 1958/59. As a seaman I had no way to get around the island but walk and never did that. Wish there was some information as to where all of this was in relation to the old barracks and school buildings. You mention a "fire" would that have been when the hobby shop burned in the fall of 1958?? I remember night watches on the western side where the "special circuits" school was located. Those were good times - when I was young! The radioactive materials had come from decommissioned ships after WWII, strange they never thought or talked (??) about the hazards in those days. Thanks for a walk down memory lane - even if I never saw this part of the island. lol
I lived at 1323F Westside Drive from 74-78. My house was in the worst contaminated area and it is the one closest to the camera at 9:06. My room was the one to the right on the 2nd floor. It's the first house next to the fence. I went to the same school as you. It was hard making out the landmarks but I do remember the playground. I found out a few years ago about the contamination. Really unhappy about the whole situation there. I don't think anyone should live on the island anymore.
This is amazing! I lived @ 1308 Gateview Ave from about 1990 till 1994! I can't believe there was radioactive material around where I played and had been!! I'm planning a trip to the SF area sometime!!
I used to live at 1253-A Exposition Dr between 1990-1994. I went to T.I. Elementary for 5th grade before going to Everett. Funny how some things never change. Even knowing the base was selected for closure, they still spent money re-siding all the housing units, lol. I remember they had just resurfaced the playground, and it was so nice rollerskating there. Lots of kids played in the schoolyard even during summer and weekends. I remember busing into SF and seeing just a white wall of fog.
I was a kid then but I have many great memories of the place. What could beat having the ocean as your backyard? As far as I know I haven't had any problems steming from living above radioactive materials and my mom didn't give me the fluoride water. For whatever reason.
wow. i once live there from the late 70's to 88. i attended the elementary there too. and yes, the yard was green. that infamous track you mentioned was where i used to race on. but what got my attention was the teacher you mentioned. 'Mr. Ryan'. Not sure if he was the same one, but I had a teacher there by that name when i was in the 6th grade. Mr. Hansen was my 5th grade teacher. where the hazardous dump is, the kick ball court was there. thanks for bringing back the memories. i had a lot of great memories there, especially on YBI.
During my 22 year Navy career, I spent a lot of those years on TI. 54 weeks of Electronics Class A School 1966-67. 48 weeks of Advanced Electronics Class B School 1968-69. Instructor Duty at Advanced Electronics Class B School 1969-73. ADCOP Program 1973-75. I lived at 1224F Bayside Dr for 7 years, 1968-75. To this day my daughter, who was born while on TI, has had health problems most likely from the buried radioactive material in the housing area.
We lived on TI from 1991-1995 1203 B Bayside Drive, my eldest son who is now almost 25 years old attended the elementary school. This was a fantastic place to live back then, and what a view!! I remember walking around the island on the road that is closed. Back then there were still statues from the 1939 world's fair that were kept behind a closed fence by the marina. I have such great memories! Thank you for sharing!! Do you have anymore pics or videos?
I attended "A" school there in 1991, and have fond memories of TI. We caught small sharks while fishing off of a small pier on the north side of the island, and enjoyed the small skate park that MWR had installed...next to the brig, if I remember correctly. It was always a joke with a shipmate of mine that everywhere else, skateboarding was a crime, and yet the Master-at-Arms would wave at us while we skated there. Thanks for posting this!
It wasn't easy walking around the island and seeing all the decay. What was even harder was seeing little children, just a bit younger than I was when I lived there, running around and playing and breathing in who knows what. The house I lived in was built right on top of a radioactive decontamination training area.
I was stationed on T.I. in the early 90's. I was one of the Gate Guards and was in Honor Guard. I will go ahead and say...I was the one that smiled....all the time on gate duty! I loved what I did. How could you not, with the view I saw every time I stood watch! That job was long, monotonous and a killer on the feet but If I made your day, then right on! I also lived on T.I. at 1404F Sturgeon. Loved the Seawall, walked it daily. I have to say...I had NO IDEA there was toxic/radioactive materials buried where I was living and working! This does not make me happy! Where can I get more info about this!?
My Husband and Our Family was there between 1991 and 1993 LOL Ond day I was coming on base I can't remember but something was going on the base was closed to anyone that did not live there and for some reason I could not tell you why I just zoomed right through the gate did not even stop to get checked. next thing I knew I was surrounded LOL My Husband was in Security so they let me go and gave him a ear full :)
I lived there twice once 1974 to 1978 then 1983 to 1985. I helped as a kid to paint the skating rink. I saw star wars in 1977 on base and snuck into jaws the same year. I used to love fishing of the pier on the Oakland side the one on the san Francisco side was just too cold. Did you realize there was a prison under the other part of the island. I've been in it. It's all blocked off I had to climb in a window you could see from the marina side. It went down at least 7 floors I was to scared to go down any farther being only in fith grade. First house was 1212 mariner drive second was gateway ct I think 2637.
P. Castillo. The prison is on YBI island. Bunch of me friends went many floors down. And yep ,started to get spooky. Being in the 6th grade. I also did a lot of fishing. The piers are not there anymore My dad was lucky to get housing there on TI. We started out living at Hunters Point navy base. Our house was at the fence line near the ghetto. That was rough....... Played little league baseball up to Pony league. Knew all the names from the Oakland As,,, and S.F. Giants.
Sad to see the state that the island is in. I went to the school from k-2nd grade (77-80). I remember the painted line that separated the two playground yards...you were not supposed to cross that line! We lived at 1312D Gateview Ave. Memories....Thanks Ernie
I was there from 88-90 and from 94-96. It sure saddens me on how well they have taken care of this base. Seeing all the toxic waste and stuff, I see a few people living there, and they have a pizza parlor there. I sure hope no one got sick there living on this island which has gone to hell in a hand basket. Remember the Love Canal?
Hello, I am a current resident and have contacted a group on TI named TIHN, Treasure Island Health Network. You should get ahold of them if you have any questions about radiation, chemicals or other contamination. They are on Facebook too...
I was stationed there for my DC "A" school in the Spring of 1992. At 19, I was in awe of the island and the surrounding areas. Other than being locked on base during the Rodney King riots, it remains one of my favorite places I've visited. In between some of my bucket list travels I plan on going back to sight see with a more mature set of eyes. Lol
With the rising ocean level and possibilities of major earthquakes, I don't think the island is stable enough to have permanent dwellings. When I was on the island, I noticed that the water was a lot higher than I remember. High winds could have sent waves crashing onto the perimeter road.
Sorry, nothing else. There's a Facebook group called "Treasure Island Elementary School (San Francisco)". There's lots of pics and some video there that goes back as far as the 70's up until base closure.
This petecastillo again. 830-703-9294.....maybe share some storytelling.. my father was the us handcock. Retired from us navy. I enjoyed living on the island. Aka TI..
When I was there in 1984 as a third class Ordnance man, during the height of the Urban Cowboy craze. I went to one of the clubs there on base, and drank a lot of Michelob bear. It woke me from my sleep at 5:00 AM. I was sick as a dog for three days. I haven't touched a bear since, lol. I still have my boots and Urban Cowboy hat with all of the feathers on it, lol.
Was station there for 6 months for mechanical hydraulic c school... I was 19 years old and from New Jersey. And I must say it was a totally different world... Sad to Say I got a hard time remembering some video... I do wanna go out with my wife on vacation
@erniesbudolab I agree. While the memories of the base are nice, to see it now makes me feel incredibly sad seeing the radioactive signs and garbage strewn around one of my childhood homes.
Even in 1983 & 1984, as a 4 yr old kid, this place was fk'n scary. It felt safer playing out in the front yard than it did in the back (Alcatraz & the Bay)... and that fenced off gravel road (being right there and all) with all those dump trucks that used to run on it. A Nazi concentration camp would've provided more warmth than this barren, windy, cold and old, run-down shithole.
ANOTHER COMMENT: I just remembered MR.RYAN!! He actually taught Science. Every week, we go to Science lab. Do you remember he toss quarter at you, if you get the correct answer from his questions? There was also a kickball court in the corners of the annex playground! Fun times living as a kid on Treasure Island.
lcirej71 Mr. Ryan was my teacher in 1979. You may have had him later when he had more freedom to teach the way he wanted. From what I can tell from other people's accounts, he mellowed out a lot. He was a fun teacher, but he was also very strict. The most valuable lesson he taught me was the importance of laughter.
@shawnwrigley It seems the whole island is a depressing disaster. There's patches of attempted rehabilitation, but the restoration effort needs a lot more funding.
I Lived here also.. in 1975- 1980, going to the elementary school also. finally moving to SanDiego. I Lived on 1310 Gateview avenue. Lets see I had Mrs. ALva-something.. a Filipina teacher. Me and a girl wrote on a a bench in crayon and was snitched on by a classmate. I got my hand slapped.
The island has been waterlogged and sinking for decades. I'm pretty sure when the big earthquake comes, it will liquify to the point of not being habitable.
$108 Million is an awefully cheap price for a whole island. They should just clear everyone out of there and blow that whole isle off the map with dynamite. Let the waves wash the rest of it away.
im involved in a little project on the island involving past occupants and people still here. I'll leave it at that, just to be mysterious. Can anyone who'd like to get involved in something 'worth doing for humanity' please let me know. I'll be forming a call/email list, but PROMISE this isn't a joke, hoax, spam or any kind of datamining except perhaps a little of the righteous kind. What goes on on this island... Goes with you. And some of it kills you. Get with me for more info! Thanks.
Too bad that they couldn't restore it back to the days when it was a truly wonderful amusement park, for with Playland At The Beach long since out of business the Bay Area has no amusement park that I know of even though they usually draw big crowds. What a shame. Just think how magnificent it would look at night instead of all that land going to unimaginative housing - Yuck!
HI I loved this video I was there in about 1991 or1992 as a Navy Wife with My 3 kids and Husband I lived at 1125 Gateview This brought back so many Memories thank you. Although Have not heard of the radioactive stuff before will have to check it out
Do you remember the housing fire March 92? That was our home 1309d Gateview
Ernie, thank you very much for the wonderful video you shot of Naval Station Tresure Islang. I was stationed there from 1992 to 1994 in the Post Office. I remember all the housing there and the Navy exchange like it was yesterday (fond memories). I think the most shocking thing is the that the guard booth is a coffee shop now. Still is was nice to see the Island again. Thanks a bunches
Do you remember the housing fire March 92?
@Gene Stevenson I didn't get on TI until May 92 so I missed the fire
I went to this school in the early 80s. 4th A& 5th Grade. At the beginning of the video was my 2 old classrooms. I Remember Mrs. Plummer & Mr. Pult as my teachers. Bring back memories. Thanks for the posting!
I went to ET school there in 1958/59. As a seaman I had no way to get around the island but walk and never did that. Wish there was some information as to where all of this was in relation to the old barracks and school buildings. You mention a "fire" would that have been when the hobby shop burned in the fall of 1958??
I remember night watches on the western side where the "special circuits" school was located. Those were good times - when I was young!
The radioactive materials had come from decommissioned ships after WWII, strange they never thought or talked (??) about the hazards in those days.
Thanks for a walk down memory lane - even if I never saw this part of the island. lol
Excellent video, I lived there in 1991-1992, this place was a great place to live. The view, was outstanding! again, thank you.
I lived at 1323F Westside Drive from 74-78. My house was in the worst contaminated area and it is the one closest to the camera at 9:06. My room was the one to the right on the 2nd floor. It's the first house next to the fence. I went to the same school as you. It was hard making out the landmarks but I do remember the playground. I found out a few years ago about the contamination. Really unhappy about the whole situation there. I don't think anyone should live on the island anymore.
This is amazing! I lived @ 1308 Gateview Ave from about 1990 till 1994! I can't believe there was radioactive material around where I played and had been!! I'm planning a trip to the SF area sometime!!
Hey Neighbor we lived at 1125 Gateview I think between 1991 and 1993
I currently reside at 1308 b on treasure island
I used to live at 1253-A Exposition Dr between 1990-1994. I went to T.I. Elementary for 5th grade before going to Everett. Funny how some things never change. Even knowing the base was selected for closure, they still spent money re-siding all the housing units, lol. I remember they had just resurfaced the playground, and it was so nice rollerskating there. Lots of kids played in the schoolyard even during summer and weekends. I remember busing into SF and seeing just a white wall of fog.
I was stationed there from 1989-1992. Loved it.
I lived on Treasure Island, in Cosson Hall, and was stationed on the U.S.S. Gallant(MSO-489) from 1988-1990...great memories there!
I was a kid then but I have many great memories of the place. What could beat having the ocean as your backyard? As far as I know I haven't had any problems steming from living above radioactive materials and my mom didn't give me the fluoride water. For whatever reason.
I am thankful for it.
Awesome video,its interesting seeing the whole island n learning about what it used to be like.
wow. i once live there from the late 70's to 88. i attended the elementary there too. and yes, the yard was green. that infamous track you mentioned was where i used to race on. but what got my attention was the teacher you mentioned. 'Mr. Ryan'. Not sure if he was the same one, but I had a teacher there by that name when i was in the 6th grade. Mr. Hansen was my 5th grade teacher. where the hazardous dump is, the kick ball court was there. thanks for bringing back the memories. i had a lot of great memories there, especially on YBI.
It is entertaining. Ive never seen much of the island. Thanks Ernie...
During my 22 year Navy career, I spent a lot of those years on TI. 54 weeks of Electronics Class A School 1966-67. 48 weeks of Advanced Electronics Class B School 1968-69. Instructor Duty at Advanced Electronics Class B School 1969-73. ADCOP Program 1973-75. I lived at 1224F Bayside Dr for 7 years, 1968-75. To this day my daughter, who was born while on TI, has had health problems most likely from the buried radioactive material in the housing area.
We lived on TI from 1991-1995 1203 B Bayside Drive, my eldest son who is now almost 25 years old attended the elementary school. This was a fantastic place to live back then, and what a view!! I remember walking around the island on the road that is closed. Back then there were still statues from the 1939 world's fair that were kept behind a closed fence by the marina. I have such great memories! Thank you for sharing!! Do you have anymore pics or videos?
Awesome video. I attended T.I Elementary from K thru 3rd Grade. Such wonderful memories, really wish they took better care of the place.
wow amazing quality :O loving the island scenery!
Invaluable, Ernie. Thank you.
I attended "A" school there in 1991, and have fond memories of TI.
We caught small sharks while fishing off of a small pier on the north side of the island, and enjoyed the small skate park that MWR had installed...next to the brig, if I remember correctly. It was always a joke with a shipmate of mine that everywhere else, skateboarding was a crime, and yet the Master-at-Arms would wave at us while we skated there.
Thanks for posting this!
It wasn't easy walking around the island and seeing all the decay. What was even harder was seeing little children, just a bit younger than I was when I lived there, running around and playing and breathing in who knows what. The house I lived in was built right on top of a radioactive decontamination training area.
I was stationed on T.I. in the early 90's. I was one of the Gate Guards and was in Honor Guard. I will go ahead and say...I was the one that smiled....all the time on gate duty! I loved what I did. How could you not, with the view I saw every time I stood watch! That job was long, monotonous and a killer on the feet but If I made your day, then right on! I also lived on T.I. at 1404F Sturgeon. Loved the Seawall, walked it daily. I have to say...I had NO IDEA there was toxic/radioactive materials buried where I was living and working! This does not make me happy! Where can I get more info about this!?
Plenty of links to articles on Google. Search SF Treasure Island Toxic Waste/Radiation.
My Husband and Our Family was there between 1991 and 1993 LOL Ond day I was coming on base I can't remember but something was going on the base was closed to anyone that did not live there and for some reason I could not tell you why I just zoomed right
through the gate did not even stop to get checked. next thing I knew I was surrounded LOL My Husband was in Security so they let me go and gave him a ear full :)
I was in 5th grade in this school... Of all the places I've ever lived, this was my favorite
Living there is also my favorite place to live.😃
I was class of 2003
I lived there twice once 1974 to 1978 then 1983 to 1985. I helped as a kid to paint the skating rink. I saw star wars in 1977 on base and snuck into jaws the same year. I used to love fishing of the pier on the Oakland side the one on the san Francisco side was just too cold. Did you realize there was a prison under the other part of the island. I've been in it. It's all blocked off I had to climb in a window you could see from the marina side. It went down at least 7 floors I was to scared to go down any farther being only in fith grade. First house was 1212 mariner drive second was gateway ct I think 2637.
P. Castillo. The prison is on YBI island. Bunch of me friends went many floors down. And yep ,started to get spooky. Being in the 6th grade. I also did a lot of fishing. The piers are not there anymore
My dad was lucky to get housing there on TI. We started out living at Hunters Point navy base. Our house was at the fence line near the ghetto. That was rough.......
Played little league baseball up to Pony league. Knew all the names from the Oakland As,,, and S.F. Giants.
Sad to see the state that the island is in. I went to the school from k-2nd grade (77-80). I remember the painted line that separated the two playground yards...you were not supposed to cross that line! We lived at 1312D Gateview Ave. Memories....Thanks Ernie
I was there from 88-90 and from 94-96. It sure saddens me on how well they have taken care of this base. Seeing all the toxic waste and stuff, I see a few people living there, and they have a pizza parlor there. I sure hope no one got sick there living on this island which has gone to hell in a hand basket. Remember the Love Canal?
Hello, I am a current resident and have contacted a group on TI named TIHN, Treasure Island Health Network. You should get ahold of them if you have any questions about radiation, chemicals or other contamination. They are on Facebook too...
Thank you so much for this!
I was stationed there for my DC "A" school in the Spring of 1992. At 19, I was in awe of the island and the surrounding areas. Other than being locked on base during the Rodney King riots, it remains one of my favorite places I've visited. In between some of my bucket list travels I plan on going back to sight see with a more mature set of eyes. Lol
1110A 13th Street...... 1979!! Loved it!!
My uncle Truman Cook was the light house keeper, Coast Guard, during the 50’s wish I could see the place he worked.
With the rising ocean level and possibilities of major earthquakes, I don't think the island is stable enough to have permanent dwellings. When I was on the island, I noticed that the water was a lot higher than I remember. High winds could have sent waves crashing onto the perimeter road.
While in the Navy, I was stationed there in 81, 83, and 84.
I was there 1982 1983/84
Sorry, nothing else. There's a Facebook group called "Treasure Island Elementary School (San Francisco)". There's lots of pics and some video there that goes back as far as the 70's up until base closure.
Thank you Ernie for the facebook group link...I joined the group waiting on confirmation so I can post some pictures. Take care. Lori
I lived at 1317-B Gateveiw Ave '78 to '82 loved it. 1st to 3rd grade.
Thanks brother. I lived there from 1971 to 1976. 1227-b north point drive
This petecastillo again. 830-703-9294.....maybe share some storytelling.. my father was the us handcock. Retired from us navy. I enjoyed living on the island. Aka TI..
When I was there in 1984 as a third class Ordnance man, during the height of the Urban Cowboy craze. I went to one of the clubs there on base, and drank a lot of Michelob bear. It woke me from my sleep at 5:00 AM. I was sick as a dog for three days. I haven't touched a bear since, lol. I still have my boots and Urban Cowboy hat with all of the feathers on it, lol.
I'd like to sue the U.S. Navy for the PTSD this place gave me. It's haunting.
Was station there for 6 months for mechanical hydraulic c school... I was 19 years old and from New Jersey. And I must say it was a totally different world... Sad to Say I got a hard time remembering some video...
I do wanna go out with my wife on vacation
I was stationed at Treasure Island 1985 to 1987. Corpsman wth my buddy pete, jose, erva, patrick and Sr chief Bass
I am curious. When did you live there. I was there until 1983.
What is this Island?
@erniesbudolab I agree. While the memories of the base are nice, to see it now makes me feel incredibly sad seeing the radioactive signs and garbage strewn around one of my childhood homes.
Even in 1983 & 1984, as a 4 yr old kid, this place was fk'n scary. It felt safer playing out in the front yard than it did in the back (Alcatraz & the Bay)... and that fenced off gravel road (being right there and all) with all those dump trucks that used to run on it. A Nazi concentration camp would've provided more warmth than this barren, windy, cold and old, run-down shithole.
Thank You ... I was here in 1969 . ET.class
Released from ACDU there in '75.
The base closed during 1997. Very sad that San Francisco has not developed the island. :> (
Uriah Levy There’s not much they can do until the island is decontaminated sufficiently. And, there are concerns that the island is sinking.
ANOTHER COMMENT: I just remembered MR.RYAN!! He actually taught Science. Every week, we go to Science lab. Do you remember he toss quarter at you, if you get the correct answer from his questions? There was also a kickball court in the corners of the annex playground! Fun times living as a kid on Treasure Island.
lcirej71 Mr. Ryan was my teacher in 1979. You may have had him later when he had more freedom to teach the way he wanted. From what I can tell from other people's accounts, he mellowed out a lot. He was a fun teacher, but he was also very strict. The most valuable lesson he taught me was the importance of laughter.
I lived on treasure island and went to this school 95-96
was there in 67 waiting for paperwork for discharge from Proteus stationed in Gruam
@shawnwrigley It seems the whole island is a depressing disaster. There's patches of attempted rehabilitation, but the restoration effort needs a lot more funding.
I Lived here also.. in 1975- 1980, going to the elementary school also. finally moving to SanDiego. I Lived on 1310 Gateview avenue.
Lets see I had Mrs. ALva-something.. a Filipina teacher. Me and a girl wrote on a a bench in crayon and was snitched on by a classmate. I got my hand slapped.
The island has been waterlogged and sinking for decades. I'm pretty sure when the big earthquake comes, it will liquify to the point of not being habitable.
I went to kindergarten there in the early 90's.
I went kindergarten to the first grade there. Early 80's
im 30 years and old and im about to join the navy i miss going to school here and the bowling ally best fried shrimp sad its closed
Lots of people got sick from radioactive waste that was buried here...They built homes on top of the stuff....
DetachedOnlooker Yes. I’m one of the people who lived on top of the USS Pandemonium’s decontamination training site.
I hope your name is on that massive lawsuit^.^
$108 Million is an awefully cheap price for a whole island. They should just clear everyone out of there and blow that whole isle off the map with dynamite. Let the waves wash the rest of it away.
Class of 2003. One year later they shut the school down.
so sad to see, I have many fond memories of living there just a couple of doors up from the guy who made the video.
I went to radar school there in 1953.
Phil Dyer thank you for your service
im involved in a little project on the island involving past occupants and people still here.
I'll leave it at that, just to be mysterious.
Can anyone who'd like to get involved in something 'worth doing for humanity' please let me know. I'll be forming a call/email list, but PROMISE this isn't a joke, hoax, spam or any kind of datamining except perhaps a little of the righteous kind.
What goes on on this island... Goes with you. And some of it kills you.
Get with me for more info!
Thanks.
Too bad that they couldn't restore it back to the days when it was a truly wonderful amusement park, for with Playland At The Beach long since out of business the Bay Area has no amusement park that I know of even though they usually draw big crowds. What a shame. Just think how magnificent it would look at night instead of all that land going to unimaginative housing - Yuck!
Yes, we called it "the circle"....you too?
I went to RD-A school at TI 68-69. Cold miserable place.
I'm not going the litigious route. Not to be defeatist, but I've got better things to do with my time.
Class of 99