Published: November, 2001 This page takes great interest in the new San Francisco Ferry Terminal project, a bedeviled project to be sure, but one that holds out such great promise for ferry commuters and the revitalized waterfront. When all aspects of the ambitious and visionary project are finally complete, it will be a state-of-the-art water […]
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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 […]
New Jewel in Central Waterfront Setting
Published: November, 2001 New Jewel in Central Waterfront Setting
Bay Crossings Round-Up
Published: November, 2001 Governor Gray Davis came to Fishermen’s Wharf this month to announce $5 million in redirected funding for promotion and advertising designed to attract locals. The hope is to fill the gap created by folks from further away who are choosing to not travel just now. Eight out of ten visitors to San […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: November, 2001 Dear Editor: As a San Francisco native naval architect now in exile from the Bay Area, I was interested to find your magazine on the internet and read some of the back issues. I was most interested in the article about building ferries in the Bay Area, (August 2000) as it always […]
Bay Crossings Interview Kimberly Brandon Woman on the Spot
Published: November, 2001 I don’t consider my responsibilities to be a headache. I am very fortunate to have the support of a very talented and diverse group of fellow Commissioners. We have a dedicated Port Director and Port staff along with other dynamic resources that the City & County of San Francisco offers. My role […]
Bay Crossings Journal WATERBIKES
By Bill Coolidge Published: November, 2001 It’s an all out hustle. Jump from the boat, grab four lines, tie one down, Keep the boat from going forward and colliding with the green canoe. Take the engine out of reverse, put it in neutral, pray no gusts slant in and ruin a good docking. But in […]
Bay Crossings Bay Environment
By Teri Shore Published: November, 2001 I spotted the white-crowned sparrows in my Sonoma backyard in early October. I was waiting for them. The little brown birds always arrive about this time to feed in the trees around my house during the winter. The black-and-white head stripes distinguish them from other sparrows. I don’t know […]
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? […]
On the Waterfront HAPPENINGS AT FISHERMAN’S WHARF
By Alessandro Baccari Published: November, 2001 San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf has a spruced-up, new look thanks to the success of a pilot project to clean and beautify 32 blocks of the Wharf’s commercial area. Over 100 city workers representing the Department of Public Works, the Port of San Francisco, Department of Parking & Traffic, Department […]