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The Berkeley Marina is the westernmost portion of the city of Berkeley, California, located west of the Eastshore Freeway (Interstate 80 and 580) at the foot of University Avenue on San Francisco Bay. Narrowly speaking, "Berkeley Marina" refers only to the city marina, but in common usage, it applies more generally to the surrounding area. The ...
On July 7, 1926, the Golden Gate Ferry Company applied to the California State Railroad Commission for a certificate permitting it operate vessels on San Francisco Bay between Berkeley and San Francisco. The permit was granted. [5] In 1926, the Golden Gate Ferry Company began construction of the Berkeley Pier.
University Avenue is a major east–west roadway in Berkeley, California. It runs from the Berkeley Marina in the west to the University of California, Berkeley campus in the east. The western end of the street to Berkeley Marina was constructed in 1926 on top of the former Golden Gate Ferry causeway. [1]
The Berkeley I-80 bridge also known as the University Avenue pedestrian bridge and the Berkeley Marina overpass is a 15-foot (4.6 m)-wide bridge spanning the Eastshore Freeway (Interstate 80 /580) in Berkeley, California. It forms part of the San Francisco Bay Trail.
The first mayor (technically, the President of the Board of Trustees) of the newly incorporated Town of Berkeley was elected from Ocean View, Abel Whitton of the Workingman's Party; he served from 1878 to 1881. Ocean View was also, briefly (1908-9), the name of what is now Albany, California, just north of Berkeley. Ocean View was primarily an ...
After more than 40 years, Martin Nicolaus can still remember how bleak Berkeley's shoreline looked when a human-made peninsula jutting into San Francisco Bay served as the city's municipal dump.
San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge, looking southeast towards the City and East Bay. Alcatraz is the small islet in the upper-middle left. San Francisco Bay's profile changed dramatically in the late 19th century and again with the initiation of dredging by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the 20th century. Before about 1860, most ...
The park provides a westward view onto Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay. The grassy hills of César Chávez Park.. César Chávez Park is a 90 acres (36 ha) city park of Berkeley, California named after César Chávez. [1]