By bill coolidge Published: December, 2001 I’d like to tell you that the seasons of my life have been stable, rooted. Oh sure I can point to childhood, 18 years in one house, and then in my thirties and forties, homesteading for 15 years. But mostly no, 5 years here and there. I’m 58 and […]
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New York Dispatch
Bay Crossings is the Rage in NYC Published: December, 2001 The October issue of Bay Crossings made it’s first appearance on the docks and waterways of New York City this month. Local aquammuters David Feeney, partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Richard Marrin, Partner, Ford, Marrin, Esposito, Witmeyer and Glesser (water commuters into NYC for […]
InsideStory
By Bobby Winston Published: December, 2001 Bay Crossings will be two years old this January, so it seems a good time for reflection on how it came to be. For many years, I lived in San Francisco where I ran the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. It’s maddening to run a non-profit organization these days – […]
On the Cover
Cheering up Jack London. Famous writer and adventurer Jack London got his start working as a fisherman off the East Bay and is immortalized with this statue at Oakland’s Jack London Square. The sculptor endowed London with a somewhat doleful expression but we swear he seemed to perk up more than a little bit when […]
Fuel Cells to the Rescue
By Byron Anderson Published: November, 2001 In a not too distant future, sleek, quiet ferries will speed across the waters of San Francisco Bay powered by hydrogen fuel cells. In this future, the black smoke and the rumbling vibration of diesel powered ferries have been relegated to quaint memories of the past, the same way […]
Looking For Answers To Wake And Emission Questions As High-Speed Ferries Solve Traffic Congestion Problems
By, Wes Starratt, PE, Senior Editor Published: November, 2001 Long ago, we learned that for every goal there is a price to be paid and that every achievement creates problems that must be solved. In the case of high-speed catamarans, two of the major problems are shoreline erosion caused by vessel wake and diesel emissions. […]
Working Waterfront In their own words
Richard Maguire Published: November, 2001 Manager, Stone Boatyard At 38 years old, I’ve lived and worked on boats for 31 years, since I was seven. I’m Australian by birth, Irish by ancestry. My mother and father left Australia to go to England. He wanted to go there to build a boat and sail around the […]
From Oyster Camps To Biotech To Ferry Hub
By Wes Starratt, Senior Editor, "Bay Crossings" Published: November, 2001 Oyster Point, a small harbor, nestled off Highway 101 between South San Francisco and the Airport is an economic success story, attracting major corporations to its shoreline. Oyster Point is now positioning itself to become a new ferry transit hub for the region to serve […]
The Central Waterfront
By Graceann Walden Published: November, 2001 One of the key words constantly used to describe the Bay Area is "diversity." Of course, mostly we mean the rainbow of races and ethnicities that make up our six county community. But when it comes to dining on the central Wharf in San Francisco, there could be no […]
Where is it?
Published: November, 2001 Skippy’s Peanut Butter, and hydrogenated fats altogether for that matter, originated in what San Francisco Bay waterfront community? Guess correctly to win a dinner for two at San Francisco’s fabulous Lapis Restaurant! Email info@baycrossings.com or call 510-351-3113. Be sure to include complete contact information Did you guess our October Where Is It? […]