Aaron Peskin Published: October, 2001 Waterfront Activist/City and County of San Francisco Supervisor The South End Rowing Club, is who I was speaking for in 1996, organized with the Dolphin Club to protect water quality even if it took a semi-litigious threatening posture. Then to the Port’s credit, the then-Port Director decided he’d rather have […]
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Marin Section
Published: October, 2001 By Rob Franco, Executive Director of Sausalito Chamber of Commerce. GIVE ME A REASON! If you need a reason to come to Sausalito, I can provide you with a list as long as both our arms. Or, you can make a list of your own. And, you no doubt will, once you […]
Sausalito Working Waterfront Business
Bob Freeman Published: October, 2001 Owner, Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco, Water Street Grille in Sausalito I started out working in hotels right out of high school. I went to Dickinson College for a couple of years and decided I wanted to go into the hotel and restaurant business. So I applied to the […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: September, 2001 Dear Editor: As the City Manager for the City of Benicia I was astounded to read the following in your August edition; "The City of Benicia is not interested in a ferry terminal…." Although it is true that the city is concentrating efforts on securing funding for a regional style intermodal train […]
Fisherman’s Wharf: Beyond the Honky-Tonk
By GraceAnn Walden Published: September, 2001 Fisherman’s Wharf has at least two sides. There are the T-shirt shops, wax museum, and the ever-popular fast food outlets, but there’s also the museum at Aquatic Park, our working Wharf’s fleet of fishing boats, and there is a terrific array of restaurants to satisfy the most picky eater […]
Water Transit Authority To Start Surveys Of Ferry Riders
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 […]
Bay Crossings Bay Environment
By Teri Shore Bluewater Network Published: September, 2001 Will the ferries in our future be powered by fuel cells? Sun and wind power? Electric drives? Or tried and true, but dirtier, diesel? That’s what regional ferry planners are trying to determine. Top marine engineers hired by the Water Transit Authority (WTA) are now studying the […]
SAUSALITO…Exciting Times Ahead
By Rob Franco, Executive Director of the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce Published: September, 2001 THE FUN NEVER STOPS! You can have fun in Sausalito without having to do anything. Just sitting on the deck of one of Sausalito’s fine restaurants or cafes, looking out at the water or across the Bay at San Francisco is […]
State Agency to Boating Community: Stop Worrying and Learn to Love BCDC
Published: September, 2001 Editor’s Note: our article about liveaborards, anchor-outs and houseboats excited many responses. Here is BCDC’s Executive Director Will Travis’ response to questions that were posed. BCDC says that the McAteer-Petris act, which established BCDC, defines floating homes or boats as land fill. Can you tell me where and how this interpretation was […]
Gavin in Love
Published: September, 2001 Gavin Newsom, on the eve of his pre-wedding honeymoon, talks about his love for San Francisco’s waterfront (but not Fishermen’s Wharf), regionalism and the environment 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 […]