Pip Elles Published: August, 2001 I had the wonderful privilege of being Government Contract Liaison for the Blue & Gold Fleet. That meant being Blue & Gold’s liaison to all of the government agencies Blue & Gold works with as a marine operator, including the National Park Service for the Alcatraz Ferry, the City of […]
Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT
Sausalito Working Waterfront Business
Published: August, 2001 I oversee all operations of the hotel and the restaurant and right now, of our soon to be completed expansion. Casa Madrona’s got a very colorful past. It’s been a hotel since the early 1900’s. Originally, the nine rooms up in the Victorian house was the extent of the hotel. It was […]
Bay Crossings Bay Environment
By Teri Shore Bluewater Network Published: August, 2001 For decades, sailors and other free spirits have set anchor in the protected waters of Richardson Bay off the Sausalito waterfront. Over the years, yachts, houseboats and other unusual craft have developed into an eclectic fleet populated by people who are clearly, and often defiantly, independent. Sadly, […]
Bay Crossings Journal
By Bill Coolidge Published: August, 2001 Those wiley long-beaked sleeks, a dim lassoed image on the horizon, unfolding and then a quick reweaving, almost like watching a game of ‘crack the whip’ but airbound. These cocky black and white birds are called ‘skimmers.’ Their wings, set further back on their lean bodies, form a zig-zag […]
Bay Crossings Bus Rider’s Journal
By Steve Geller Published: August, 2001 I spend a lot of time waiting for a bus. Generally, I’m not in much of a hurry, so I browse a newspaper, watch the traffic roaring by or just think. Every so often, I’ll look off in the busward direction, hopefully. It always makes me feel good when […]
Bay Crossings Cuisine Quinn’s Boogaloo Jumping Prawns
Published: August, 2001 San Francisco Bay Area is legendary for thousands of fine restaurants and fresh innovative cuisine. Ferry Riders have the unique advantage of time, to or from destinations like the office, to consider what or where might be a good plan for an important part of the day – dinner. When in the […]
Richmond Greenway Receives $1.9 Million Capitol Funding Grant
Published: August, 2001 The Metropolitan Transportation Commission recently announced recommendation of $1.9 million in Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) funding to construct a trail and greenway on 2.5 miles of abandoned Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way. The trail project, sponsored by the City of Richmond, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and the Community Youth Council for Leadership and Education […]
The Alcatraz Centurions
Published: August, 2001 I went to the library to look up the exact meaning of the word "centurion." A centurion was the commander of 100 soldiers in a Roman legion, and there were 60 centurions to a 6,000-man legion. The highest post for a centurion was primus pilus, the leader of the first cohort of […]
Barging In
By Larry Clinton Published: August, 2001 In the beginning, there were the arks – the first liveaboard community on San Francisco Bay. As early as 1890, San Franciscans began mooring small vessels in Belvedere Cove, some as weekend residences, others as duck hunting cabins. Designs ranged from rafts to elegantly upholstered retreats. One measured 62 […]
North Bay
Published: August, 2001 Before there were bridges to cross San Francisco Bay and the Delta waterways and highways to carry vehicles from the East Bay westward, ferries were the preferred method of transportation. Today, as longer commute hours offer up pictures in slow motion of freeways and highways clogged with cars, a water-borne transportation system […]