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Published: May, 2004 On Friday, April 2, 2004, the Port closed escrow with San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC, the private developer of the Piers 1½-3-5 Historic Rehabilitation Project, located on The Embarcadero between Washington Street and Broadway. Construction will commence next week and is expected to last for approximately twenty-two months. The contractor is S.J. […]
Published: May, 2004 Sausalito The Miwok Indians lived along the shores of San Francisco Bay for centuries in fishing camps and permanent villages. After many years of searching, San Francisco Bay was “discovered” by Francisco Ayala. Ayala chose for his anchorage a spot with a great view on the northern shoreline of San Francisco Bay. […]
By Guy Span Published: May, 2004 Last September, Bay Crossings did an analysis of how loud was the “swift, virtually noiseless and vibration-free electric train” (as BART was billed when built). At that time, we analyzed wheel/gauge profiles, rail grinding, and other causes of wheel–rail noise propagation. And while our engineers still believe that BART […]
Published: May, 2004 The Jack London Aquatic Center (JLAC) offers a variety of opportunities for kids and their families to learn to kayak or row. All equipment , including kayaks, life-preservers, paddles, etc., is provided by the JLAC. NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY. Except as noted below, PARTICIPANTS DO NOT NEED TO KNOW HOW TO […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: May, 2004 Spring reaches full bloom in the month of May. Flowers are everywhere. The air smells so sweet and clean it kisses the lips like clear cool water or fine wine. Plants everywhere are growing with a burst of green. Rose blooms are at their peak of perfection. Wines aged […]
Published: May, 2004 Some Greek philosopher must have said that, “for every blessing, there is a price to pay.” Certainly, with sunshine, come droughts … with rains come floods. And probably such a philosopher would have added, that “the greater the blessing, the greater the price to be paid.” We talked with John Marks, the […]
By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: May, 2004 We did attend the April 17, 2004 Passport event in the Santa Cruz Mountains written about in last month’s issue. From the sound of things, a number of readers went down to enjoy the day, too. “New people from the North,” we were told. With 61 […]
Published: May, 2004 Harith Aleem has been the Aquatic Program Coordinator for the last two years. He started swimming when he was 7 years old. Harith said, “I grew up at the pool.” His first job was interning at the pool. From that honorable beginning, Harith worked through all the different jobs available. What Harith […]
Published: May, 2004 America’s Original Wine Festival” at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, California is presented by the NRAEF. The nation’s oldest wine festival will include wine tastings, educational seminars, winemaker events, cooking demonstrations by leading chefs, a live auction, and the America’s Best Wine Lists Awards. It features more than 120 wineries […]
Published: May, 2004 Tinkering! A Summer Devoted to Tinkering July and August, 2004 This summer, the Exploratorium presents Tinkering!, an exhibition and multifaceted series of special events that invites tinkerers and would-be tinkerers and all those inadvertent thumb smashers out there to converge on the Exploratorium and try their hand at what they should never […]