San Francisco’s Crissy Field—the natural, waterfront park that we know today was practically unrecognizable when it served as a U.S. Army airfield for much of the 20th century.

An upcoming art installation at San Francisco’s Crissy Field will feature a meet and greet with strangers thousands of miles away.

By its nature, any large development project comes with false starts and crossed fingers. The unexpected twists that cast long shadows across the best-laid plans.