Marin City Public Housing - Marin City, CA
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N 37° 52.114 W 122° 30.600
10S E 543097 N 4191344
The Marin City Public Housing in Marin City, CA.
Waymark Code: WM13Z6Q
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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"Golden Gate Village is located at 101–429 Drake Avenue and 1–99 Cole Drive in Marin City, California. The property is historically significant under the areas of social history, community planning and development, architecture, and landscape architecture. The residential complex was designed by architects Aaron Green and John Carl Warnecke and landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, ca. 1955–60, and listed in the NRHP on August 3, 2017, as the Marin City Public Housing Historic District. The NRHP nomination is available online at California’s Office of Historic Preservation website. Per the NRHP nomination form, the historic district includes 29 contributing buildings and one site, a historic landscape designed by Halprin. The status and integrity of the features to be altered as part of this undertaking is included under section V." (visit link)
Street address:
101–429 Drake Avenue and 1–99 Cole Drive
Marin City, CA USA


County / Borough / Parish: Marin

Year listed: 2017

Historic (Areas of) Significance: architecture

Periods of significance: 1950-1975

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Domestic

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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