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April
2003 |
Hanging
Ten at Hanger One
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to you from the shores of the Oakland Estuary, from the very
building where the Red Trains of yore were maintained before the sad
shutting down of the region’s interconnected ferry/rail system:
the vodka of the moment. Hanger One is an exquisitely blended
concoction of grapes, wheat and, most especially, distilled fruits
culled from Northern California’s finest farms. Our new featured
food and wine editor Steve Smith, General Manager of the late, great
Lapis restaurant visits with the proprietor and distiller of St.
George’s. |
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Lunch for a Living II |
| Back
by popular demand! This time, the victim is Steve Clemens is the manager
for the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market in San Francisco, which is operated
by the Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA). |
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Roger
Rabbit Whodunit: GM to Blame?
| Almost everyone accepts that GM
plotted to buy up some transit companies and replace streetcars with
new GM busses. Did GM actually buy electric traction companies and
replace streetcars with busses? You betcha. Was it an illegal
conspiracy to destroy streetcars? Our redoubtable investigative
reporter Guy Span, S.D. tells all. |
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| Spectacular New Oakland Waterfront
Park |
| As Oakland grew into a larger
and larger seaport, it’s waterfront became more and more separated
from the local community. In fact, many never knew that their city
had a waterfront, in spite of the city’s 19 miles of shoreline
from the Bay Bridge to the San Leandro city line. As the Oakland
Navy Supply Depot is transformed into the Middle Harbor Shoreline
Park and Habitat, Oakland opens the door to its waterfront. |
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