27.5.2024, Sausalito house boats (SF Bay Area)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausalito,_California: The Sausalito houseboat community consists of more than 400 houseboats of various shapes, sizes, and values, along the north end of town, approximately two miles from downtown … forming an integral part of the Sausalito community. The roots of the houseboat community lie in the re-use of abandoned boats and material after the de-commissioning of the Marinship shipyards at the end of World War II … After a series of tense confrontations in the 1970s and 1980s, additional regulations were applied to the area and the great majority of boats were relocated to approved docks. From 77 boats in the water in 1977, there were about 18 boats left in 2019 … Several are architect-designed pieces … recent action has required them to fit city-standards of sanitation and building codes.

26.5.2024ff, ♣ Oakland, incl. Middle Harbor Shoreline Park

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Harbor_Shoreline_Park: located on San Francisco Bay and the Port of Oakland entrance channel, west of downtown Oakland … owned and operated by the Port of Oakland … The park is primarily on land that was the former site of the Oakland Naval Supply Depot (1940−1998), which was an important supply base for the Pacific Fleet of the U. S. Navy throughout World War II. The … Depot closed in 1998 … The Chappell R. Hayes Memorial Observation Tower, named to honor the West Oakland leader, offers … views of the Oakland Estuary and the Port’s shipping activities.

• Lake Merritt,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Merritt: … named after Samuel Merritt, Oakland’s mayor in 1867–1869, who had the lagoon dammed turning the tidal lagoon into a salt water lake … surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods … historically significant as the United States’ first official wildlife refuge, designated in 1870
• Chrysalis, 3837-3845 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609 – former workplace of a family member in the 1980s, www.horizonservices.org/chrysalis/: … a home-like living environment, clinically managed treatment program tailored to meet the needs of women ages 18+ living with mental health and substance use disorders who are residents of Alameda County.