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Moving Shoreline

  • key system
  • emeryville
  • oakland
  • shoreline
  • pier
  • ferry service

The Lita Vietor View

  Submitted by crystalschimpf

  Submitted by crystalschimpf

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • shoreline
  • golden gate bridge
  • vietor

The Butterfly Man

Robert Nelson's performances at PIER 39 in the 1970s and 1980s inspired a generation of street performers in San Francisco and around the world. The Butterfly Man, as he was known, was brash,...

Robert Nelson's performances at PIER 39 in the 1970s and 1980s inspired a generation of street performers in San Francisco and around the world. The Butterfly Man, as he was known, was brash,...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • bay
  • shoreline
  • pier 39
  • butterfly

Barbary Coast Trail

BARBARY COAST TRAIL This Plaque Sponsored By Hyatt Hotels - San Francisco

BARBARY COAST TRAIL This Plaque Sponsored By Hyatt Hotels - San Francisco

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • bay
  • shoreline

Pier 39

PIER 39 WALKER & MOODY A.I.A.  ARCHITECTS  JOHNSON * GUTHRIE * ASSOCIATES  LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS  1978   OPENED ON OCTOBER 4, 1978 11:30 A.M. THROUGH THE UNTIRING EFFORTS OF JOHN E. "BAGGY"...

PIER 39 WALKER & MOODY A.I.A.  ARCHITECTS  JOHNSON * GUTHRIE * ASSOCIATES  LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS  1978   OPENED ON OCTOBER 4, 1978 11:30 A.M. THROUGH THE UNTIRING EFFORTS OF JOHN E. "BAGGY"...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • bay
  • shoreline
  • pier 39
  • baggy
  • 11:30 a.m.

In Honor Of The Greatest Mom

BARBARY COAST TRAIL This Plaque In Honor Of The Greatest Mom Maggie May Kim Cheung

BARBARY COAST TRAIL This Plaque In Honor Of The Greatest Mom Maggie May Kim Cheung

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • bay
  • shoreline
  • greatest mom

The Bay Trail

THE BAY TRAIL  The San Francisco Bay Train, a 400-mile network, provides public access to the Bay shoreline not possible since the Gold Rush. It was State Senator Bill Lockyer, in 1987, who...

THE BAY TRAIL  The San Francisco Bay Train, a 400-mile network, provides public access to the Bay shoreline not possible since the Gold Rush. It was State Senator Bill Lockyer, in 1987,...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • bay
  • shoreline

Southbeach Shoreline 1852

SOUTHBEACH SHORELINE1852 In 1852 you would have been standing on a bluff overlooking the narrow beach just below that followed the approximate line of King Street. First accurately charted by the...

SOUTHBEACH SHORELINE1852 In 1852 you would have been standing on a bluff overlooking the narrow beach just below that followed the approximate line of King Street. First accurately charted by the...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • shoreline
  • landfill
  • cubic yards
  • seawall