Entries in Alameda Category

McGee's: McGee's Bar And Grill, Park Street, Alameda.

Schnitzer Steel: Schnitzer Steel, Port of Oakland, late at night...

San Joaquin: Foss Maritime tug The San Joaquin River on the Oakland Estuary

Now Hiring: Allied Engineering, Alameda, from the Jingletown shore.

Thomas The Tugboat: Thomas The Tugboat at the Dutra yard, Alameda.

Picnic Table: The derelict Collins site with the Dutra yards in the background, Alameda.

Quiet Day: A quiet day at the Port of Oakland.

Used Car Office: Used car lot, Buena Vista and Park, Alameda.

Pecking Order: Seagull and Pelican, Port of Oakland, California.

Oscar Dyson: NOAA vessel Oscar Dyson at Bay Ship and Yacht, Alameda.

Island Champion: Tug Island Champion at the Dutra yard, Alameda, California.

Looking Back: The view from High Street Bridge, Oakland Estuary.

Metal Tonight (Rooster's Roadhouse): Rooster's Roadhouse, Alameda.

Movable Forest: One of Vortex's floating cranes being pushed past the competition opposite Union Point, Oakland Estuary, California.

The Bridge: Looking towards Alameda through the fog on the Park Street Bridge, Oakland Estuary, Oakland.

Heidi L. Brusco: Tug Heidi L. Brusco approaching the Dutra yard, Union Point and Alameda, Oakland Estuary.

Door 6: NAS Alameda back lot, Alameda, California.

The Forest: Ready Reserve fleet at the old NAS Alameda, California.

Winter: The Fruitvale bridges seen from Park Street Bridge, Oakland Estuary.

Masts: Masts and crane, Bay Ship and Yacht, Oakland Estuary / Alameda.

Dan: Tower Ave, NAS Alameda, California.

Cali Classic: Cali Classic artwork at Scooter Importers on lower Park Street, Alameda.

Bubble: A view across the San Francisco Bay of The City from the old NAS Alameda, California.

351: Old building at NAS Alameda, Alameda, California.

Waterside: Typical view of the Estuary from Union Point Park, Oakland.

Estuary Dusk: The soft early evening light from the Park Street Bridge, Oakland Estuary.

Clement and Oak: Clement and Oak, Alameda.

Late Work: Preparing to tug one of Dutra's floating cranes down the Estuary from the Dutra Alameda yard across from Union Point, Oakland, California.

Not Any More…: The back of a deserted car sales lot -- a sign of the near total collapse of the new car trade on lower Park Street, Alameda (February 2010).

Spiliani: Bulker 'M.V. Spiliani' in the winter fog at Schnitzer Steel's Inner Harbor terminal, Oakland, California.

Drizzle: A late winter's afternoon Estuary drizzle from the Park Street Bridge, Oakland Estuary.

Iconic: The Cemex plant, Jingletown (Oakland), from the Alameda shore.

Morning Light: The soft morning Estuary light from the Park Street Bridge, Oakland Estuary.

Respect: Tug 'Respect' (plus a whole lot of other vessels) on the Oakland Estuary a little upstream from the Dutra yard a few months before it sank.

Hercules: Tug 'Hercules' being worked on at Bay Ship and Yacht, Alameda, California.

Phat: Near Fruitvale Bridge, looking across Oakland Estuary towards Jingletown early one morning.

Evening: Oakland Estuary near Park Street Bridge, Alameda.

The Castle: The ConAgra silos through the morning mist from the Alameda...

B For Brusco: Tug Western Comet with a floating crane off the Dutra yard from Union Point Park.

Erie Evening: Looking across the Estuary towards the derelict Collins yard from...

Traylor: The Dutra yard, Alameda, from Park Street Bridge.

Street Party: (Not quite literally) on the street, recently (May 2009)....

400: Commander K. L. Hileman's A-7 Corsair on display at the...

Mama Mia: Anyone remember Luciano's in Alameda? It's now Barceluna, another place...

Bright Ideas: Kim Larson and collaborators Delaine Hackney and Julie Alpers at...

Ghost Town — After The Fire…: All that's left of the old Naval Hospital in Alameda...

Shake Rattle and Hum: My fave Bay Area bridge, Park Street Bridge as seen...

Boxed: Semi-derelict barracks blocks at the old NAS Alameda (Autumn 2008)....

On The Way Home: A winter evening's view from my fave bridge, on the...

TS&G 230: Another view of Foss's barge TS&G 230, this time returning...

Smooth: Foss's tug The San Joaquin River pushing the barge TS&G...

Long View: The Estuary and The Port from Union Point Park; Marin's...

Structure: If this didn't convincingly bring back memories of Greenock and...

Bay Ship and Yacht: One for Estuary aficionados: a grey day from next to...

Slither: Common urban wasteland snake, spotted slithering slowly across the grounds...

Ghost Town: The old U.S. Naval Hospital next to the Naval Supply...

Nob Hill: Alameda's Nob Hill supermarket just before sunrise, from the Jingletown...

Vote!: Halloween, Alameda Avenue, Alameda (2008)....

The Glide: Early morning scullers slipping back under the Park Street Bridge...

Ready Reserve: USS Cape Gibson, US Naval Ready Reserve Alameda (2008)....

Fall Colors:

Caught: At The Art Show, Alameda (2008)....

Black and White: This little guy just appeared overnight next to Javarama a...

Orion: Westar Marine tug Orion working the Oakland Estuary off the Dutra yard and Union Point.

Books and Liquor: Encinal and Walnut, Alameda (2008)....

The Fleet: The fleet approaches Park Street Bridge, early morning, Autumn 2007....

The Starfjord: Early morning on the Estuary: M.V. Starfjord being worked on...

Morning (Fruitvale Bridge): Fruitvale Rail Bridge, early morning, December 2007....

Mt. Alameda: Next to the Ninth Avenue turning basin. Probably the highest...

The Twins: The tiny old twins, tucked away off Park Street in...

Two Crows: The Estuary, next to Bay Ship & Yacht (2008)....

Wide Angle: The Estuary from Park Street Bridge (2007)....

Paula Lee: Dutra's Paula Lee in the Oakland Estuary.

Blanding Avenue: Blanding Avenue, Alameda, as it terminates in the derelict Collins...

Quiet Day: A quiet day on the Estuary from the Alameda shore.

Blanding & Everett: The corner of Blanding Avenue and Everett Street, Alameda. It'll...

Red: The old sheds on the Collins yard at the end...

Park Street Bridge: Park Street Bridge, from the Jingletown shore. The Park Street...

Ghosts: The Cemex plant (23rd Avenue) through the morning Estuary fog,...

Copper: Fruitvale Rail Bridge, early morning: for several days last summer,...

An Estuary Christmas: The two Santas of the Apocalypse, Christmas 2007....

Richard Brusco: Brusco's tug the 'Richard Brusco' working the Oakland Estuary next to Dutra's Alameda yard.

Respect: Old tug "Respect" being restored off Union Point on the...

Clamp-Swing Pricing Co.: The Clamp-Swing Pricing Co. factory ("Modern Pricing Tags"), Blanding Ave.,...