Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Sharp Park Internment and more from Pacifica Historical Society

Sharp Park Detention Center


http://pacificahistory.wikispaces.com/Camp+Sharp+Park


Thanks to the Pacifica Historical Society for all their work on a subject that intrigues me no end.
Jim Wagner

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7 comments:

Sharon said...

I wonder if they served snake steaks garnished with frog legs for their dinners. Maybe that's where all the snakes went!

March 23, 2011 at 3:25 PM
Anonymous said...

this is cool history. all the more reason to preserve sharp park golf course. We should have a plague installed with a picture about the history of the internment camp. I bet many asian golfers would like this mentioned and golf preserved.

March 23, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Wagner said...

How about helping to mark it as a pacifica historical site.
And, Sharon, read your history a little better. I can be as snarky as the rest, but your comment really has no place here.

March 23, 2011 at 7:56 PM
todd bray said...

Great idea Jim, and it ties in with the GGNRA cultural component. You could save the golf course as part of making the entire area an historical landmark! Wow, wouldn't that be fantastic.

March 23, 2011 at 8:20 PM
Kathy Meeh said...

Todd, entire golf course an historical landmark? This is an old issue, and city council majority didn't bite.

Wagner, what Sharon said is just a Sharp Park insider golf course joke. Its been a long time since 1942, some of us don't remember as well as you do (lol).

Anyhow the WWII detention camp looks like the new enviro housing plan for the quarry. Leaves lots of room for endangered species if Swenson will build it. Those buildings in the back could be eco green energy trade stores, and a new artist center. Brings in lots of bucks for a new tax proposal. The city report says it does.

March 23, 2011 at 9:05 PM
Anonymous said...

Anon@7:28 are you serious? Love the let's have a 'plague' typo but I wonder how the Japanese feel about commemorating this camp. I guess it could be done with tact and sensitivity. I hope.

March 23, 2011 at 11:05 PM
todd bray said...

"Anyhow the WWII detention camp looks like the new enviro housing plan for the quarry. Leaves lots of room for endangered species if Swenson will build it."

Hey Dinner, good luck with that.

March 24, 2011 at 8:29 AM

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