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Bay
CrossingsRound-Up
| Pinnacles
Open for Business in Richmond
Adam Lubow of Intessa
Corporation, developers of Pinnacles, the final build-out of
Brickyard Landing on the Richmond shoreline. The 60-plus beautiful
waterside condominiums are surprisingly affordable, finally
available for viewing and sure to be snapped up pronto. We
took this picture of Adam as his opening party was just getting
underway with 50-mile and hour plus winds whipping his red carpet
into the air like something out of Wizard of Oz. |
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WTA
Checks out Solar Ferry
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| Getting
ready to set sail on the Solar Ferry, from left: Mary
Frances Culnane of the WTA staff, an unidentified member of the
Solar Ferry staff, WTA Vice-President Capt. Nancy Wagner with
fellow board Member Marina Secchitano of the IBU, and Dr. Robert
Dane, solar ferry impresario. |
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The
world’s first solar-powered ferry underway in Sydney Harbor |
Peralta Joins the Fleet
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| The
Peralta underway |
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 site of the first regular ferry
service between San Francisco and the East Bay via the ferryboat Kangaroo.
By the early 1900s, Oakland and Alameda had become centers of the
ferryboat building industry.
Automobiles brought East
Bay/San Francisco ferry services to an end by the early 1950s. Ferry
boats returned to the public eye on October 17, 1989 when the Loma
Prieta earthquake collapsed a span of the Oakland Bay Bridge. The City
of Alameda and the Port of Oakland responded by founding the
Alameda/Oakland Ferry, which marks its 12th anniversary in October 2001.
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| Proud poppa:
Hizzoner, the Honorable Mayor Ralph Appezzato of Alameda beams
before the start of ceremonies welcoming the Peralta to
the Bay ferry fleet. |
The $5.5 million Peralta acquisition
project was funded through a $4.75 million State of California grant
plus contributions of $375,000 each from the City of Alameda and the
Port of Oakland. Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Washington
built the vessel. Walther Engineering Services, Inc., developed vessel
plans and specifications and provided construction management.
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| Manager
of the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Ernest Sanchez, putting on a game
face though suffering with a case of walking pneumonia. |
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Celebrating
the Peralta while the Encinal toils on: Steve Hanson
of the Port of Oakland, partner agency with the City of Alameda in
operating the Alameda/Oakland Ferry, with Port of San Francisco
Wharfinger Denise Turner. |
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