In the 1890s, Islais Creek was the largest body of water in San Francisco, providing recreation, transport and drinking water to the city’s residents. Today, Glen Canyon and the Bayview district’s ...
We took a walk on a warm afternoon on the last days of August to visit my favorite San Francisco backwater - Islais Creek. Islais Creek is on the southern waterfront, between Dogpatch and the Bayview.
It is known as Third and Army by skateboarders. Longshoreman call it Pier 84. Locals just think of it as Islais Creek. No matter its name, it is an area experiencing ongoing urban and environmental ...
Islais Creek is an unassuming waterway along San Francisco’s eastern industrial shoreline, meandering its way inland and providing a natural border between The City’s Bayview and Dogpatch ...
It was a sunny July morning with a brisk little breeze, perfect for a saltwater voyage in a two-person kayak. There was almost no sound, only the cries of birds and the lapping of the waves. It was ...
Even when you banish a creek from view, it has a way of making its presence known. San Francisco's Islais Creek is mostly out of sight - running through an underground culvert except for a stretch in ...
Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect the San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route ...
Like most US coastal regions, the San Francisco Bay Area is under threat from rising seas. To make matters worse, researchers say that parts of the Bay Area are sinking, which could wipe out between ...
Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect the San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route ...
San Francisco’s ever persistent population march to its southern and western borders spelled the death knell for the most extensive open-water creek that existed in San Francisco. Today, virtually ...
In recent years, the artists in Building 103 and The Point's metal sculptors were evicted by the Navy due to extensive and necessary remediation work. The Point landlords found a suitable home for the ...