After being shuttered for over a week due to the federal government shutdown , Fort Point National Historic Site is scheduled to partially reopen to the public on Friday.

The San Francisco national park site, famed for its use as a filming location for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller Vertigo , will reopen only on weekends during the shutdown, according to Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Fort Point received almost 1.2 million visitors in 2024.

Before the shutdown, Fort Point’s interior was open to the public on Mondays through Thursdays, with weeklong access to the fort’s grounds. During the shutdown, the gates that lead to Fort Point by road have remained locked , although pedestrian access is still possible and the site’s b

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