Published: December, 2001 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 […]
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Peralta Joins the Fleet Published: December, 2001 The name Peralta recalls California in 1820, when the last Spanish governor gave Luis Maria Peralta a 44,800-acre land grant, extending from Albany through Oakland and Alameda all the way to San Leandro, in tribute to Peralta’s 40-year military career. Peralta land on the Oakland/Alameda Estuary became the […]
Bay Crossings Environment Wetland Restoration Key to Bringing Back The Bay
By Guest Columnist Debbie Drake Director, Audubon San Francisco Bay Restoration Program Published: December, 2001 There’s nothing quite like San Francisco Bay. From quiet inland marshes to deep open water, the Bay enhances the quality of life for seven million residents and provides a unique natural experience for millions of annual visitors. San Francisco Bay […]
Joining Together to Wish Smooth Sailing for Ferry Run on Soybeans
Published: December, 2001 What do representatives from air quality regulatory agencies; entrepreneurial business; a ferry operation; local, state and federal government; an environmental group; and the Cal mascot "Oski" all have in common? On the afternoon of November 13, they all got together to talk about the first time that a passenger vessel has been […]
Working Waterfront In their own words
Robert Kidd Published: December, 2001 President, Jack London Aquatic Center The concept of an aquatic center at Oakland’s Estuary Park was first suggested by Cleve Williams, then the director of Oakland’s Office of Parks & Recreation, back in 1993. Our group had proposed the idea of building simple storage for rowing crew shells, on […]
Sausalito Working Waterfront Business
Founder Published: November, 2001 I’m very lucky to be in this business for 45 years. I opened the first Caffe Trieste in San Francisco in 1956. I was born in 1920 during the time of Mussolini in Rovigno. After the second war, we lost the land. Rovigno was a beautiful place. My papa was a […]
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 […]
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Published: November, 2001 Hon. Willie L. Brown, Jr. PROFESSION: Mayor, City and County of San Francisco FERRY COMMUTER: No, but I was an early and important backer of the Water Transit Authority. PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY KNEW: I would be surprised if there’s anything left to be surprised about after forty years of […]
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 […]
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. […]