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“The Voice of the Waterfront” September 2018 Vol.19, No.9 Grand Central of the West Show Your Love for the Bay Stunning Transbay Terminal Opens Coastal Cleanup Day Is Sept. 15 More Than ‘Ahoy Mateys!’ Art Walk on the Waterfront Talk Like a Pirate Day Returns Map of Eye-Pleasing Installations COMPLETE FERRY SCHEDULES FOR ALL SF LINES Sip Sipin September in the September .................................................................ROSENBLUM CELLARS JACK LONDON SQUARE « OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! ©2018 ROSENBLUM CELLARS. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA | 10 CLAY STREET, OAKLAND, CA | 1.877.GR8.ZINS | WWW.ROSENBLUMCELLARS.COM ROSENBLUMCELLARS ROSENBLUMWINES ROSENBLUMCELLARS bay-crossing-rosenblum-sept-2018-10x5.5.indd 1 8/24/18 1:09 PM 2 September 2018 www.baycrossings.com10 CLAY STREET « OAKLAND, CA « 1.877.GR8.ZINS Great food to celebrate life in the City! Enjoy a ten minute walk from the Ferry Building or a short hop on the F-Line Crab House at Pier 39 Voted “Best Crab in San Francisco” Sizzling Skillet-roasted Mussels, Shrimp & Crab Romantic Cozy Fireplace Stunning Golden Gate Bridge View Open Daily 11:30 am - 10 pm 2nd Floor, West Side of Pier 39 Validated Parking crabhouse39.com 415.434.2722 Franciscan Crab Restaurant Open Daily 11:30 am - 11 pm Pier 43 1/2 Validated Parking Whole Roasted Dungeness Crab Breathtaking Views 415.362.7733 Bay Side of Historic Fisherman’s Wharf franciscancrabrestaurant.com THE ORIGINAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY CRUISE PIER 43 1/2 FISHERMAN’S WHARF REDANDWHITE.COM (415) 673-2900 www.baycrossings.com September 2018 3 columns features 08 SAILING ADVENTURES 12 COVER STORY 14 September Means It’s Time New Transbay Transit to Talk Like a Pirate Again Center Debuts With by Captain Ray Ribbon-Cutting and Party by BC Staff guides 09 WHO’S FIXING THE 18 FERRY BUILDING MARKETPLACE HELM? Make the most of your trip Larry Lapating news WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES by Matt Larson 19 Our recreational resource guide 06 WATERFRONT NEWS BAYKEEPER Seaport Logistics Complex BAY AREA FERRY SCHEDULES 11 20 Be on time for last call Show the Bay Some Love Will Come to Port of on Coastal Cleanup Day Oakland in 2020 AROUND THE BAY by Sejal Choksi-Chugh by Patrick Burnson 22 To see, be, do, know 14 Visions of the Wild Festival Brings Nature-Themed ON OUR COVER September 2018 Volume 19, Number 9 Events to Vallejo Bobby Winston, Proprietor Joyce Aldana, President Joel Williams, Publisher Take an Art Walk Along the Patrick Runkle, Editor 15 San Francisco Waterfront ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director by Renée Dunn Martin GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer ART DIRECTION New Fall Wine Walk on Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; 16 Joel Williams the Waterfront Comes to COLUMNISTS Jack London Square Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Sejal Choksi-Chugh; Matt Larson; Captain Ray Wichmann CULTURAL CURRENTS WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS 17 Bill Picture; Joel Williams; Renée Dunn Martin Ferries Play Role in ACCOUNTING Cindy Henderson Flights of Passion Advertising Inquiries: by Paul Duclos (707) 556-3323, [email protected] Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store (415) 362-0717 The Salesforce Transit Center celebrated its long-awaited grand Clipper customer service center (877) 878-8883 opening last month. Our cover features the center’s Grand Hall, For Transit Information – Dial 511 Corrections & Letters a bright hub that gleams all the way from its 20,000-square-foot Bay Crossings terrazzo floor up to a four-story elliptical oculus skylight encircled Ferry Building, #22 We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers’ San Francisco, CA 94111 comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can be by a 180-foot-long LED screen displaying scrolling digital text. www.baycrossings.com sent to [email protected]. A Division of Nematode Media, LLC Photo by Brenda Kahn 4 September 2018 www.baycrossings.com WHERE THE CITY MEETS THE BAY to Play FREE AUDIO TOUR AVAILABLE IN NINE LANGUAGES BRING YOUR SMARTPHONE, TABLET OR OTHER WI-FI ENABLED DEVICE ENGLISH | DEUTSCH | ESPAÑOL | FRANÇAIS | ITALIANO | 日本 | 한국 | 中国大陆 | 台灣 Now – November 4 BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE Get your tickets at PIER 39 Details at pier39.com/localadvantage 415.773.1188 • blueandgoldfleet.com THE EMBARCADERO @ BEACH STREET | 415.981.PIER | PIER39.COM www.baycrossings.com September 2018 5 WATERFRONT NEWS Port of Oakland Expands While Giving Back to the Community BY PATRICK BURNSON that could change the trajectory of port begin by October. The tentative schedule Port of Oakland Gives to Job- business, officials say. calls for construction to begin next spring. Training Nonprofit Currently a West Coast terminus for The building is expected to open by In other news, the Port of Oakland freight distribution center trade vessels crossing the Pacific, Oakland summer 2020. CenterPoint’s $52 million has given $70,000 to a local nonprofit placing high-demand logistics could eventually double as a major freight facility will be constructed at Maritime to prepare workers for careers in the capability inside a global distribution point. “This is our future,” and 14th streets in the heart of the port. environmental construction trades. trade gateway at the Port of said Port of Oakland Maritime Director The property once served as an The money is going to Oakland- OaklandA is soon to become a reality. The John Driscoll. “The Seaport Logistics Army supply depot, but the Army based Rising Sun Energy Center, which long-awaited Seaport Logistics Complex, Complex will give freight shippers the decommissioned its Oakland base in has a track record of helping low-income which should be complete by 2020, is opportunity to manage international the late 1990s. The port received about adults get jobs in the construction, much desired by shippers seeking more supply chains right next door to the rail 240 acres of the property between 2003 energy efficiency and solar industries. comprehensive services. yards and marine terminals where their and 2007. Since then, planners have The port said the grant will address the “Ultimately, cargo owners can cargo is transported.” imagined a logistics campus that could need for future labor needs related to port save time, money and headaches by CenterPoint Properties, an industrial further strengthen Oakland’s role as a development projects. managing shipments through a logistics real estate company, is building Center- global trade gateway. The plan eventually “The port is excited to work with center that’s next door to the transport Point Landing, the first 440,000-square- calls for a 240-acre complex with multiple Rising Sun Energy Center as we continue gateways,” said Mike Zampa, the port’s foot facility at the complex. Oak Brook, buildings for warehousing or distribution. to expand our community partnerships communications director. The complex is IL-based CenterPoint said site prepa- The Seaport Logistics Complex is to prepare local residents for careers in envisioned as a cargo-handling “campus” ration on its 27-acre leased parcel should envisioned as a transload center where construction,” said Port of Oakland Social shippers can ready cargo for transfer from Responsibility Division Director Amy ships to trucks or rail. Transloading has Tharpe. “They specialize in developing a become increasingly popular with supply sustainable workforce pipeline into eco- chain managers pursuing cost-effective friendly industries.” transport alternatives. CenterPoint Through a project labor agreement, SUPPORT THE BAY. officials said no other U.S. port has the contractors working with the Port of land to duplicate Oakland’s marriage of Oakland agree to pay into the Social transportation and logistics capabilities. Justice Trust Fund, which supports The port opened a $100 million rail workforce development. Each year, yard at the Seaport Logistics Complex in the port selects a nonprofit to receive 2016. CenterPoint’s development will the funds. Past recipients include the be the first building at the campus. Cypress Mandela Training Center, Youth Meanwhile, spokespeople said the Employment Partnership and the West port’s total container volume increased Oakland Job Resource Center. 3.6 percent in July. The port said the rise Since 1999, the port’s Social Justice over July 2017 totals was driven by an Trust Fund has awarded approximately increase in empty container shipments $560,000 to local workforce develop- to Asia. Import cargo volume declined ment centers to prepare individuals for 0.6 percent in July, the port said. Exports construction careers. This has translated were down 7.3 percent. into $5.3 million in earnings by local Support San Francisco Baykeeper. Port spokespeople added that the workers, the port said. increase in empty container volume may “We look forward to working with San Francisco Baykeeper is the pollution watchdog for San Francisco Bay. have resulted from strong import activity the port to provide good-paying local Since 1989, we have been patrolling the Bay for pollution, strengthening earlier in the summer. When import jobs,” said Rising Sun Energy Center clean water laws, and holding polluters accountable. Baykeeper is dedicated to restoring the Bay to a healthy, thriving estuary. boxes are emptied, they must be returned Executive Director Jodi Pincus. “Our to origin points to be reused for further eco-literacy trainings will prepare workers We rely on the support of people like you who care cargo shipments to the United States. for jobs that are currently in demand.” about the health of the Bay and its wildlife. For all of 2018, Oakland’s total Visit us online at www.baykeeper.org and container volume which measures become a member today. imports, exports and empties—has Patrick Burnson is the executive increased 2.5 percent. The port said it editor of Logistics Management. www.baykeeper.org would establish a new full-year volume www.logisticsmgmt.com record if the trend holds. 6 September 2018 www.baycrossings.com MARINE • CIVIL • DESIGN-BUILD We specialize in Engineering Construction near, on, and under the water.