Berkeley Marina

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Berkeley Marina
Neighborhood of Berkeley
The Berkeley Marina during sunset
The Berkeley Marina during sunset
Berkeley Marina is located in Oakland, California
Berkeley Marina
Berkeley Marina
Location within Berkeley and the East Bay
Coordinates: 37°52′04″N 122°18′45″W / 37.86767°N 122.3125°W / 37.86767; -122.3125
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyAlameda
CityBerkeley

The Berkeley Marina is the westernmost portion of the city of

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.

There are several restaurants, a hotel and a yacht club in the Berkeley Marina. There are also several walking and bicycle paths. The area is accessible from the rest of Berkeley by foot or bike over the

terminus of AC Transit
Route 51B (University Avenue-Rockridge BART) on select trips only.

The easternmost portion of the Marina, running parallel to I-80/580, is now a part of the

Eastshore State Park
.

History

The Berkeley Marina was originally part of the open waters of

Union Pacific
) tracks on Third Street. The area was gradually filled in over the years.

Remnants of the original length of the Berkeley Pier

In 1909, the City built a municipal wharf at the foot of University Avenue which was used primarily for freight. Starting in 1926, the Golden Gate Ferry Company began construction of the

Eastshore Highway and the Bay Bridge. Storms damaged the end of the pier over the years and it was closed. After World War II ended, it was repaired and re-opened in 1946 for fishing.[3]
In the 1970s, the city again repaired and upgraded the least damaged length of the Berkeley Pier, and it was in use until 2015 for fishing and viewing.

Since about the late 1920s, the city municipal dump was located here, and the accumulated garbage and

construction debris accounts for most of the dry land of the Berkeley Marina. In the early 1990s much of the former dump was landscaped and converted into a park, originally named "North Waterfront Park". The park was renamed César Chávez Park in 1996 to commemorate the late California labor leader.[4]

The actual Berkeley Marina, used by many people who sail on the Bay, was constructed as the Berkeley Yacht Harbor in the late 1930s by the Works Progress Administration in conjunction with its nearby work developing Aquatic Park.

During World War II, the Berkeley Yacht Harbor was used by the United States Navy to construct tug boats.[5]

Berkeley heliport

From October 1961 until April 5, 1974 a heliport was operated by

Sikorsky S-62
helicopters into the heliport which is no longer in existence.

See also

An AC Transit bus at its terminus of old route 9 at the Marina

References

  1. ^ Fourth Annual Report of the City Manager, 1926-27, City of Berkeley, p.16
  2. ^ "AAC-2256". webbie1.sfpl.org.
  3. ^ City Council Minutes, April 3, 1946
  4. ^ Web Page Moved (or not found) - City of Berkeley, CA
  5. ^ "Berkeley Daily Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  6. ^ Berkeley Gazette, April 6, 1974
  7. ^ Berkeley Historical Society Newsletter, Summer 2006, p.5
  8. ^ "Airline Timetable Images". www.timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2024-04-06.

Biblography

  • Berkeley, California: the story of the evolution of a hamlet into a city of culture and commerce by William Warren Ferrier, Imprint Berkeley, Calif. (1933); pp. 375–6
  • Berkeley: The Town and the Gown of It, by George Pettitt, Howell-North Books, Berkeley (1973)
  • Berkeley: The First Seventy-Five Years, Federal Writers Project (1941), p. 140

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