Published: March, 2003 Waterfront urban renovations and new construction projects are rapidly transforming Oakland’s Jack London District. The renaissance of the area recently attracted the well-respected builder Crescent Heights, one of America’s most active condominium companies. Crescent Heights is best known for its visionary loft living renovation projects in New York City, successfully converting historic […]
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Aging Gracelessly – The Slow Decline of the Port
Published: February, 2003 Those observers of the contemporary scene can daily witness the slow and somewhat agonizing decline of the Port of San Francisco. Politicians and muckraking reporters like Warren Hinkle like to blame Port officials for the present lack of shipping and maritime use, but of course they're wrong. The reason they are wrong […]
Bay CrossingsBay Environment Cruise Ship Blues
Published: February, 2003 Despite cruise industry efforts to ban him from the airwaves, Cruise Ship Blues author Ross Klein is speaking out about the underside of the cruise industry across North America. Bluewater Network coordinated his San Francisco trip, booking him on major radio stations including KQED's FORUM and KCBS and important venues such as […]
MTC Awards $500,000 in New Grants to Promote Livable Communities
Ten Bay Area Projects Selected Published: February, 2003 The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) recently approved ten new planning grants totaling $500,000 through its Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) program to support community-oriented transportation projects in Brentwood, Colma/Daly City, Cordelia, Fremont, Healdsburg, Larkspur, Millbrae, Santa Rosa, Walnut Creek, and an unincorporated area of western Contra Costa […]
Celtic Concert Series in Benicia
Published: February, 2003 On Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 p.m. at the Clocktower in Benicia (1187 Washington Street), the Benicia Historical Museum will present its second concert in their Celtic Concert Series 2003 featuring the Black Irish Band. The program will include music from the band’s new Maritime classics CD Into the Arms of the […]
Very Beautiful Ferry Building on Cusp of Opening
Published: February, 2003 Drawings and images of San Francisco’s meticulously restored Ferry Building. This extraordinary structure, designed like a jewel and built like a giant, symbolizes a glorious past and beckons an exciting future for the Bay Area. Fifty million people a year crossed through its vaulted corridors before misguided policymakers ripped up a regional […]
Web-Based Transit Trip-Planner Serves Up Two-Millionth Itinerary
Published: February, 2003 Only a year and a half after its launch, the online transit trip-planner operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has reached another major milestone: It has provided Bay Area travelers with two million personalized public transit itineraries. The milestone was reached on Dec. 29, 2002, only six months after the first […]
Golden Gate Bridge Board of Directors Elect New Officers
Published: February, 2003 On Friday, December 13, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District elected Stanley Smith, Jr. as its 36th president. Maureen Middlebrook was elected first vice president and Maryanne Harrison was elected second vice president. They will each serve a two-year term beginning January 1, 2003. […]
Bay Crossings Community Calendar
Published: February, 2003 2/2 and 2/4 7:30 pm Marin Symphony Stradivarius First and Beethoven’s Fifth It’s a double debut when concertmaster Jeremy Constant performs the soul-stirring Sibelius Violin Concerto on a priceless 302-year-old Stradivarius violin. Marin Symphony’s music director Alistair Neale begins the evening with San Francisco composer David Carlson’s lushly romantic "Twilight Night." Marin […]
Port of Call: Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
By Michael Leo Published: February, 2003 In Homer’s day (the ancient hero, not the cartoon dunce), Kyrenia was an important hub for water transportation in the eastern Mediterranean. Although a commute for the Phoenician Ferry Service a thousand years ago was measured in weeks not minutes, plying local waters for the purpose of gaining money […]