Marina Bay, Richmond, California
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Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...
's protected Inner Harbor. It was developed in the mid 1980s in an effort to clean up what had been up to that point the defunct WWII-era Kaiser Shipyards
Kaiser Shipyards
The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located mostly on the U.S. west coast during World War II. They were owned by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, a creation of American industrialist Henry J...
. The has been planned as an upper-scale residential waterfront community with apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and houses. The area is also home to many retail and light industry businesses. The city considers it one of its success stories and uses it as an example for other projects throughout the area.
In 2008 construction the ground was broken on two new residential developments. In addition a new waterfront in the northwest area of the bay is planned upon their completion.
Yacht Harbor
The area hosts an 850-berth Marina which can be inferred from the area's name. The berths are divided into four sections: D-Dock, E-Dock, F-Dock & G-Dock. A launch ramp is available in the northwest corner of the marina. Marina Bay Yacht HarborYacht Club
On the northeast corner of the bay is one of the few yacht clubs in the East Bay that offer monthly memberships and sailing lessons. Trade Winds Sailing ClubSan Francisco Bay Trail
The San Francisco Bay TrailSan Francisco Bay Trail
The San Francisco Bay Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian trail that will eventually allow continuous travel around the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. As of 2011, approximately 310 miles of trail have been completed...
runs though the neighborhood from Point Isabel and currently ends here, although it is planned to be connected to Point Richmond and also downtown to the Richmond Greenway
Richmond Greenway
-History:It runs along what was formerly the right-of way of the Santa Fe Railroad parallel to Ohio Street, between the end of the Ohlone Greenway adjacent to the intersection of Macdonald and San Pablo Avenues, and Point Richmond. There is a connector from the trail to the Macdonald 80 Shopping...
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Rosie the Riveter monument
Dedicated on October 14, 2000, the area hosts the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical ParkRosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park is located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco. The park encompasses an array of historic properties in the city which were constructed during the 1940s to support America's entry into World War II.The park is a "partnership...
to honor the contributions of the American women labor force during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The area the monument stands in was once known as Kaiser Shipyard #2 where women worked alongside men to construct military transport and cargo ships. The monument is a straight pathway containing inscriptions and photographs depicting that era. The length of the path is approximately the length of a Liberty Ship
Liberty ship
Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. Though British in conception, they were adapted by the U.S. as they were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by...
's keel and contains three sculptures to abstractly represent the ship's bow, steam stack, and stern.
Craneway Pavillon
The former Ford Motor Company Assembly PlantFord Motor Company Assembly Plant
The Ford Richmond Plant, formally the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, in Richmond, California, was the largest assembly plant to be built on the West Coast and its conversion to wartime production during World War II aided the United States' war effort...
has been transformed into a mixed-use complex that houses light-industry, a restaurant/bar, and a popular event venue. http://www.craneway.com/
Sister city monument
Shimada Friendship park is a monument to ShimadaShimada, Shizuoka
is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2010, the city has an estimated population of 100,846 and a population density of 319 persons per km². The total area is 315.88 km².-Geography:...
, Japan which is one of Richmond's sister cities.