BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: September, 2017 SFJAZZ Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline may not be an avid ferry rider, but he certainly appreciates the relaxed and leisurely pace of ferry transport. Perfect, we might add, for streaming jazz while taking in the stunning waterfront views. SFJAZZ presents more than 350 concerts […]
By Guy Span, S.D. Published: November, 2003 New York’s horrific ferry accident at Staten Island is a wake-up call for ferry operators. While San Francisco has an excellent history of safety, even back in the radar-less fog-shrouded days, there have been accidents. In 1886, the North Pacific Coast steamer, San Rafael raced the San Francisco […]
By Jim Mallory Published: August, 2001 Jim Mallory was a Richmond ferry rider Richmond. It’s a 55-square mile city on the northeastern corner of San Francisco Bay whose history and its future is as inexorably tied to boats of all kinds, including ferries, as the tides that lap its shores. In fact, Richmond owes its […]
