SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- One might ask, why animal habitats? The answer is quite simple: animal habitats have a direct connection to the rich diversity of wildlife in the park as well as to the significant efforts being made in habitat restoration within the Presidio. In this way, habitat design is the creative engine for development of work specifically for the place. By including as habitat candidates species that no longer live in the park, artists had even more opportunities to address the complex and ever-changing nature of the Presidio’s habitats and how they have evolved in relation to the park’s animal residents. The twenty-five proposals received for Presidio Habitats reveal a consideration of habitat in its fullest sense, as both abode and locality. In range of approach and ideology, the proposals confirm the vitality of the Presidio and evoke the rich nexus of nature and cultural history that gives the Presidio its singular identity. For some artists, the disappe