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September 2000

The Port of San Francisco has debuted a raft of new songs to be played from the Ferry Building tower.

The Port of San Francisco has debuted a raft of new songs to be played from the Ferry Building tower. More...

Our star new columnist ruminates.

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. More...

Internet Mandarins do Waterfront Chic

The City of San Francisco, pioneer of tie-dye, the gay ghetto and environmentalism now brings you waterfront chic. More...

It's been bad but it may get much, much better

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 port. More...

Traffic maven John Eells breaks it Down

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 John and asked him to make it understandable for us. More...

Labor, Ferries, San Francisco Bay and the Future

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. More...

Our idea of a webcam on new Bay ferryboats 'abuildin'

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 Nichols Bros. Boat Builders of Whidbey Island in Freeland, Washington. More...

San Francisco Ferry Terminal Construction Update/September

» Deck structures will be complete. Most of the architectural topping slab (colored concrete "floating slab" on top of the deck) will also be complete. More...

Not Looking Good for the Richmond Ferry

Despite heroic efforts on the part of the commuters themselves, Red & White Fleet says it will "suspend" weekday commuter ferry service between Richmond and San Francisco commuter ferry next month. But the commuters say they will keep working to save the ferry service right up to the last day. . More...