Comments (0) Best Monument to the Wedding-Industrial Complex - 2008
Treasure Island Chapel
410 Paul Ave., #201
San Francisco, CA
415-274-0660
A relic of the long-closed Treasure Island Naval Air Station, the picturesque chapel, built in 1943, is one of the few buildings on the forlorn and waiting-to-be-redeveloped former military outpost that is still used for one of its intended purposes. Absent any regular services since the Navy pulled up anchor, it's in essence a glorified (and quite splendid) wedding chapel, available to all comers at the base rate of $100 an hour, courtesy of the Treasure Island Development Authority. Countless couples have tied the knot here, including former newspaper heiress and SLA revolutionary turned East Coast society matron Patricia Hearst Shaw and her hubby of nearly 30 years.




























