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The park was subsequently known as "Alameda Memorial Beach" until it was renamed for a local politician, Assemblyman Robert W. Crown (1922 - 1973) who was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street. [a] The current visitor center building was used as the base infirmary. [3] The beach is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. [2]
Delisted CHISL. May 12, 1982. The Park Street Historic Commercial District, also known as Park Street District, is the downtown neighborhood in Alameda, California. It is on the east side of the island of Alameda, near the Fruitvale Bridge and across the water and from Jingletown in Oakland, California; and is roughly bounded by Oak Street ...
The Park Street Bridge is a double-leaf bascule drawbridge spanning 372 feet of the Oakland Estuary in the San Francisco Bay Area. It links the cities of Oakland and Alameda . In a year, the bridge is opened approximately 1700 times and carries approximately 40,000 vehicles per work day. [1]
USS. Hornet. Sea, Air & Space Museum. / 37.7725417°N 122.3028417°W / 37.7725417; -122.3028417. The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum is a museum ship, located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California, US. The museum is composed of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, exhibits from the NASA ...
There are three major events when the street in Alameda's historic downtown district is closed to vehicular traffic. The Park Street Spring Festival takes place every May during the weekend of Mother's Day and attracts over 50,000 visitors. The Park Street Art & Wine Faire takes place the last weekend of every July and attracts over 100,000 ...
Neptune Beach (California) Neptune Beach was an amusement park on the shore of San Francisco Bay in the city of Alameda, California, in operations from 1917 until 1939. [ 1] The park was served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and ferries from San Francisco. It was nicknamed, the "Coney Island of the West".
Alameda City Hall is a historic city hall civic building in Alameda, California. [2] [3] The building has been continually used since it was first built in 1895. [2] It has a historical marker erected in 1998 by the Native Sons of the Golden West ; [4] and is listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.
List of AC Transit routes. A Van Hool bus on Route 72M in Jack London Square, Oakland. AC Transit is a public transit agency that operates 131 bus lines throughout the East Bay region of California. The agency also administers the Dumbarton Express lines, but operation of those lines was transferred to MV Transportation on December 19, 2011.