On May 15th, 2010, PRESIDIO HABITATS FEATURING THE ANIMAL ESTATES SNAG TOWER…

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poster (originally design by PS New York) identifying the animal clients for the Presidio edition of the Animal Estates snag tower

…(which is a surrogate for a vertical dead tree, or snag, serves as a collective model home to accommodate six native species that would otherwise take up residence in the cavities of the snag, and was originally commissioned for Animal Estates 5.0: Portland, Oregon by The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College) opens in San Francisco’s Presidio tonight – with the 16′ tower installed in the park and on view for a year – also featuring projects for animals by Ai Weiwei, Philippe Becker Design, Jeffrey Berkus Architects, CEBRA, Chadwick Studio , CMG Landscape Architecture, Topher Delaney, Design Ecology, Mark Dion with Nitin Jayaswal, Amy Franceschini with ALITE Designs, Anya Gallaccio, Fritz Haeg, Walter Hood, Jensen Architects, Michelle Kaufmann, Amy Lambert, Nathan Lynch, Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects, Rigo 23, John Roloff, SIMPARCH with Deborah Stratman, Surface Design, Inc., Taalman Koch Architecture, Mark Thompson, Bruce Tomb and David Tomb, and organized by the For-Site Foundation. (website)