Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT

Published: October, 2001 A San Francisco Bay ferryboat ride is a sublime experience of the first order. Figuring out which one to take can be a bit daunting because there are many ferry companies and no centralized schedule. But with the tiniest bit of planning it’s possible for anyone, visitors and Bay Area residents alike, […]

Published: October, 2001 I had set aside Tuesday, September 11 to write this column. Though late (as usual), I was looking forward to writing about some funny backstage business having to do with putting out Bay Crossings. But a woman at my health club told me about the terrorist attacks and I rushed to see […]

Published: October, 2001 I Silken sacrament of night poetry drapes like a long tender embrace around my shoulders this circling of the lei’ ebbs the flooding of some vague beckoning mysteries, she, tangerined face, moist eyes faintly twitching, half-smile slowly ebbing does she know how the omega of these rounded rainbow colors have already changed […]

Published: September, 2001 The southern portion of the new San Francisco Ferry Terminal looks to be open for business in early September, meaning a change in location for East Bay ferryriders getting on and off their vessels. And that’s not the only surprise ferryriders may encounter in September. With a BART strike looming, ferryriders are […]

Published: September, 2001 Polyester 69 PROFESSION: Fishermen’s Wharf street performer FERRY COMMUTER:.Uh, no. IF I HAD A FREE DAY, I’D SPEND IT: Riding a ferry to Sausalito, if they’d let me. FAVORITE BOOK: The Bible. HOW I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As a great entertainer. PET PEEVE: Triple meters. MY MOTTO: Open up! HOBBIES: […]

Published: September, 2001   September, Labor Day, and the dedication of Harry Bridges Plaza at the foot of San Francisco’s Market Street: three good reasons to show up on a Saturday morning in August and watch the goings-on from the corner of Mission and the Embarcadero My perch is the sidewalk in front of the […]

Published: September, 2001 Fair to say that you love Fisherman’s Wharf? I love the waterfront, but I don’t love Fishermen’s Wharf. I remember walking down here with my grandfather when it was a working wharf. Now it has become primarily tourist based and we are losing the working waterfront. I was concerned enough about it […]

Published: September, 2001 I am a local guy. I went to high school down the Peninsula. I went to Cal, both undergraduate and graduate school. When I got out of Cal, I went to work for the Kaiser company in Oakland, worked for them for 7 years and then following one of my favorite guys […]

Published: September, 2001 Well, actually I have been the President for over a year, but I have been the President with money for only about 7 or 8 months. That’s because our budget was vetoed in June of last year and we only reacquired our right to the $12 million appropriation at the end of […]

Published: September, 2001 Starting in mid September, the WTA will survey 2000 ferry riders to learn more about their attitudes and preferences. A market research firm will distribute and collect the on-board surveys, which will cover all ferry routes in the Bay. "Ferry riders can influence what the future system will look like by taking […]