Marina Bay, Richmond, California
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Marina Bay is located in Richmond's protected Inner Harbor. It was developed in the mid 1980s in an effort to clean up what had been up to that point the defunct WWII-era Kaiser Shipyards. The area is home to many retail and industrial businesses and has been planned as an upper-scale residential waterfront community with condominiums and townhouses. The city considers it one of its success stories and uses it as an example for other projects throughout the area.
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[edit] Yacht harbor
The area hosts a 750-berth Marina which can be inferred from the area's name. The berths are divided into four docking sections. A launch ramp is available in the northwest corner of the marina.
[edit] San Francisco Bay Trail
The San Francisco Bay Trail runs though the neighborhood from Point Isabel and currently ends here, although it is planned to be connected to Point Richmond and also downtown to the Richmond Greenway.
[edit] Rosie the Riveter monument
Dedicated in October 14, 2000, the area hosts the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park to honor the contributions of the American women labor force during World War II. The area the monument stands in was once known as Kaiser Shipyard #2 where women worked alongside men to construct military transport and cargo ships. The monument is a straight pathway containing inscriptions and photographs depicting that era. The length of the path is approximately the length of a Liberty Ship's keel and contains three sculptures to abstractly represent the ship's bow, steam stack, and stern.[1]
[edit] Sister city monument
Shimada Friendship park is a monument to Shimada, Japan which is one of Richmond's sister cities.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Rosie the Riveter. The Rosie the Riveter Trust. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
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