Restore America Sites 2005-2006

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Pilots’ Row
San Francisco / The Presidio Trust
Seeing the usefulness of airplanes for artillery reconnaissance during World War I, the Army built an airfield along the Presidio’s northern shoreline in 1919 on the site where, just a few years prior, airplanes performed crowd-pleasing aerial stunts during the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Hangars and warehouses were added in 1921, along with 13 officers' quarters that came to be known as "Pilots’ Row."
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