Comments on: Nature Takes its Course

By: eric

eric — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:22:39 +0000

Only 26′, but cheap:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/1456767984.html

By: dc

dc — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:01:45 +0000

That sure is one ugly boat! Looks like it’s not really meant for leaving the delta either. This one looks a lot nicer, and it’s docked on the bay instead of in godforsaken Stockton:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/1455702072.html

I prefer sailboats anyway. If you see a 35′ sailboat docked in a transferable liveaboard slip in Berkeley marina, then let me know. Otherwise I’ll probably remain a landlubber for a while—at least until the rainy season is over.

By: eric

eric — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:03:25 +0000

potential home?:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/1456288476.html

By: wordnerd

wordnerd — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:27:55 +0000

From the Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/brother_blue_a.html

By: eric

eric — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:44:59 +0000

I think I saw brother blue at some kind of anti-war protest back in the bush years–still seeming, I think, his deeply intelligent self. I don’t really remember specifics, I just remember the effect he had.

By: dc

dc — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:10:34 +0000

Pedestrianist: Now that I've looked into it more, it seems that the land where the runways are---which is almost entirely landfill---may actually be set aside as a National Wildlife Refuge, although I don't know if that is definite or still just a tentative plan. And now that I think of it, the fences keeping people out of that area (my photos were taken over the fence) have warnings about protected terns which populate that area. So your suggestion may be somewhat similar to what the current plans are, although I suspect that your notion of a "dense, urban neighborhood" may not be the same as Suncal's, or the average Alamedan's. Here is a piece of the map showing the development proposal, from the Alameda Point website: (The area marked "Golf Course" was already land before the navy base was built---it had, I believe, a small airstrip and a rail terminal on it---but most of the proposed wildlife refuge is landfill. I assume that factored into the plans. My photos, in case anyone is curious, were taken from a spot on the border between the wildlife refuge and the development area, near the southern edge of the island. That rectangular harbor is a seaplane lagoon, and the ships in the lower right corner are navy ships, including the U.S.S. Hornet aircraft carrier.) unique distance from isolation: That's sad! I really have no clear memories of Brother Blue, but I do have a few dim ones. I seem to remember trekking over to Harvard Square when all the streets (and schools) were closed for days and days after the blizzard of '78, and listening to Brother Blue regale a crowd who were gathered on some snowbanks near Brine's (which probably isn't there anymore!). I have a feeling that the memory could be invented, though, or a second-hand recreation of an event that someone told me about later. I was only four-going-on-five years old then, after all...

By: unique distance from isolation

unique distance from isolation — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:03:18 +0000

In other news about nature taking its course, Brother Blue is dead at 88. RIP.

By: Pedestrianist

Pedestrianist — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:35:38 +0000

Wow, that’s fascinating. Maybe it’s time for Alameda to go for broke and consider a Treasure Island-style development on the old air base. Identify the land that’s the most stable and build a dense, urban neighborhood there, then clean up the rest and let it subside naturally.

If they could use developer fees and generate political will, maybe they could get an Alameda Station on a new BART Transbay Tube.