Kristin Hanes, who previously lived on Gate 6-1/2, has written an article for SFGate.com detailing our history and some of her personal recollections of her time here. Read her story, and see a slide show of historic and current floating home photos from the SF Chronicle archives, at “What it’s like living...
Help maintain one hundred years of waterfront history at a special fundraiser for the Charles Van Damme Ferry project. WHERE: the Sausalito Seahorse Restaurant WHEN: Friday, November 18, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Go HERE for more details and to buy advance tickets. The Charles Van Damme Ferry Birthday Bash is a celebration of...
In 2013, two Swedes—journalist Lars Åberg and photographer Lars Strandberg—spent time in Sausalito collecting their impressions of our floating home community. The result, Floating in Sausalito, written in English and released earlier this year by the German publisher Kerber Verlag, is now available in the US. Short-listed in the book category for the Swedish...
Among the WPH works-in-progress—(see the recent post: Waldo Point Project Update)—is the development of the Waldo Point Park, at Gate 6 Road. Nestled into the elbow where Issaquah joins the area adjacent the newly constructed Charles Van Damme floating pier—(the area that was the COOP)—the park will contain an observation pier...
On Saturday, August 20, 2016, there will be a life celebration for longtime waterfront resident, activist and historian Bob Kalloch. Bob and his lady Laurabell Hawbecker moved to the Sausalito watefront in the 60s, after they both decided to stop punching timeclocks. They found a dilapidated WWII landing craft hull,...
Hugh G. Lawrence died on April 30 at his home on A Dock at age 89. A fourth generation Northern Californian, Hugh moved to A Dock when it was first built in 1978, in a redwood home he had designed and built on a surplus WWII sand barge. According to his...
WHAT: MARITIME DAY WHEN: Saturday August 6, 2016 8AM to 6PM WHERE: Galilee Harbor 300 Napa Street at Bridgeway, next to Dunphy Park WHY: watch this 6+ minute video of past Maritime Days for a lively overview In honor of Galilee Harbor’s 36th Anniversary this cooperative/ liveaboard/affordable housing community invites everyone...
Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son, rapper Tupac Shakur, died recently at Marin General. She was 69. Shakur was aboard one of 4 floating homes she owned on West Pier with a family member and friend when she began experiencing physical discomfort, and...
The Closing Act at the Sausalito Women’s Club THE PERFECT HIGH by Shel Silverstein – Part 1 from Leroy Dong on YouTube – bringing down the house – THE PERFECT HIGH by Shel Silverstein – Part 2 from Leroy Dong on YouTube Jeff Greenwald— who interviewed Larry for a piece he wrote...
DATE: 4/6/2016 TIME: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM COST: Free LOCATION: Creekside Room Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley, California 94941 Join Larry Clinton, past President of the Sausalito Historical Society, and Mike Moyle, SHS member and Chair of the IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center History Committee,...