Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT

By Christine Cordi  Published: October, 2000 Each day we climb aboard the ferry and don’t give it a second thought. We don’t stop and worry about whether we’ll ever get to our destination. It’s called trust. In Greek mythology the figure Charon was entrusted to ferry souls across the river Styx. Once his cargo reached […]

By Herman Hesse  Published: October, 2000 The Ferryman I will remain by this river, thought Siddhartha. It is the same river which I crossed on my way to the town. A friendly ferryman took me across. I will go to him. My path once led from his but to a new life which is now […]

Published: October, 2000 Name: Joe Nathan Profession: Professional Baseball Player (Pitcher) Ferry Commuter: No People Would be Surprised if they Knew: What you see is what you get! If I had a free day I would spend it: On the golf course. My Proudest Moment Was: First day with Giants after getting called up from […]

By F. Weston Starratt  Published: October, 2000 Boris Dramov, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and President of San Francisco’s ROMA Design Group — a nationally recognized urban design and planning firm — has been involved in developing a new vision of San Francisco’s Waterfront for more than two decades. Boris (we’ll call him […]

By Bruce Bellingham  Published: September, 2000 Fred "Spike" Manley decided to stretch his legs a little bit as the sun went down. He climbed off his boat in the Marina to take a walk along the dock. "It was real windy and I noticed a small sailboat that was clearly in trouble," says Spike. "Then […]

By Bobby Winston  Published: September, 2000 The City of San Francisco, pioneer of tie-dye, the gay ghetto and environmentalism now brings you waterfront chic. Once again, the City is at the cutting edge of a radical departure in how people live, work and play. The waterfront is "in", just starting to take off big-time, and […]

By Wes Starratt, P.E.  Published: September, 2000 San Francisco Bay Area has a long and well-established tradition of shipbuilding and ship repair. The City was founded as the major Pacific Coast port, and the Bay Area remains in the forefront of world trade. Shipbuilding and ship repair went hand-in-hand with the region’s function as a […]

Published: September, 2000 Everyone talks about the Bay Area traffic mess but not many people actually seem to do much about it. Someone that has been doing something, and for many years at that, is John Eells. Few people have as broad an understanding of the Bay Area traffic problem. We recently sat down with […]

Published: September, 2000 Labor has a glories past in the history of San Francisco Bay but what future role will it play? Bay Crossings asked Tom Kendall, President of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades, to comment. Ten international Unions say they are on board and ready to go with the skilled crafts people ready to […]

By Bobby Winston  Published: September, 2000 Two brand new boats are in the pipeline for Bay Area ferry riders – one for the Golden Gate Ferry and the second for the Alameda/Oakland line. Both boats – incidentally, a boat is defined as something that can be carried on a ship – are being constructed by […]