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Bay CrossingsBay Environment

New York Ferry Fleet Expansion Causing Waves   Published: September, 2002 A year after the September 11 attacks, many New York ferry operators are still running essentially an emergency service. A fleet of new, used, and borrowed vessels have been deployed rapidly to carry commuters across the New York Harbor while subway lines are repaired. […]

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Sunset Bay Cruise With Save the Bay

Autumn Equinox Sunset and Full Moon Cruise  Published: September, 2002 Come join Save the Bay’s special Autumn Equinox/Full Moon Bay Cruise on Saturday, September 21st, on an historic Red and White ferry. Enjoy salty air and endlessly staggering views, snacks, and information about the Bay from the folks at Save the Bay. Don’t forget your […]

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Peanut Butter & Jam Festival to be Held September 7th in Alameda

Published: September, 2002 A Peanut Butter & Jam Festival hosted by the West Alameda Business Association (WABA) is scheduled for Saturday, September 7th, on Webster Street in Alameda. The festival will take place between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. on a closed, four-block strip of Webster Street between Central Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. The event […]

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Bay CrossingsBay Journal

AT SEA IN THE CITY: New York From The Water’s Edge By William Kornblum  Published: September, 2002 Circling La Guardia airport, I took a break from reading At Sea in the City and tried to imagine William Kornblum’s journey in and around the waters of New York City. I saw a few beaches, abandoned docks, […]

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Editorial A Time to Celebrate

A Time to Celebrate  Published: September, 2002 Three years ago this January, on a blustery morning on the San Francisco Ferry Building docks, Inlandboatmen Union (IBU) deckhands, led by their indomitable Regional Director Marina Secchitano, joined me to hand out the first copies of Bay Crossings to groggy ferryriders arriving on the first boat. The […]

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Letters tothe Editor

Published: September, 2002 Dear Editor: I have read your publication since the beginning and find much to like — interesting and informative articles and sometimes exceptional writing from some of your contributors. Recently though I notice a distasteful strain of class-mongering in your pages. This ranges from strident references to “…well-to-do Marinites…” to the mild […]

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Good Intentions Headed Where?

Is the Artship riding the crest of the wave of Oakland’s artistic future, or could this ambitious project be little more than a water-colored daydream? By David Fear  Published: September, 2002 If you drive down Interstate 880 heading east alongside Oakland’s waterfront district, you might not notice the large seafaring vessel silently biding its time […]

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Sausaged Reprise

Published: September, 2002 You Are There as Funding for the San Francisco Water Transit Authority is Passed into Law   “People will sleep better not knowing how their politics and sausages are made”.                                                                     Bismarck Editor’s note: this article originally ran in October, 2000. As WTA releases its plan for expanded regional ferry service we […]

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Ferries Forever and Everywhere

Published: September, 2002 Three years ago this January, on a blustery morning on the San Francisco Ferry Building docks, Inlandboatmen Union (IBU) deckhands, led by their indomitable Regional Director Marina Secchitano, joined me to hand out the first copies of Bay Crossings to groggy ferryriders arriving on the first boat. The idea behind Bay Crossings […]