Financial Times: Offshore expansion [Treasure Island]

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Plans are afoot to turn San Francisco’s 400-acre Treasure Island into an environmentally sustainable neighbourhood for up to 24,000 residents

It is either a vision for a new residential utopia in one of the most beautiful spots in the world or the most ill-conceived plan for a new city for a long time. Opinion is divided on a proposal to transform Treasure Island, a 400-acre man-made outcrop with picture-postcard views of San Francisco, into an environmentally sustainable neighbourhood for up to 24,000 residents.