Bayview/Hunters Point Muni Stop

 Posted by on October 3, 2011
Oct 032011
 
Bayview/Hunters Point Muni Stop

Bayview/Hunters Point 3rd Street Light Rail Kirkwood/Oakdale Station The Marquis Pole Horace Washington was the artist for the third station.  His work represents the tradition of shipbuilding and the history of WWII in the neighborhood. At the start of World War II the Navy recognized the need for greatly increased naval shipbuilding and repair facilities in the San Francisco bay area, and in 1940 acquired property on the waterfront and named it Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The property became one of the major shipyards of the west coast. The first USS Pike (SS-6) was a Plunger-class submarine in the service Continue Reading

Bayview – Hunters Point Muni Stop

 Posted by on October 2, 2011
Oct 022011
 
Bayview - Hunters Point Muni Stop

Bayview/Hunters Point 3rd Street Light Rail Project LaSalle/Palou Station The Marquis signpost The Canopy This station designed by Frederick Hayes deals with Afro-Centric issues.  Hayes uses a kente cloth roof design and African language and cowrie shell symbols on the platform. Kente cloth, known locally as nwentoma, is a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Cowrie shells, throughout Africa and South and North America, symbolize the power of destiny and prosperity.  Spiritually, according to African legend, if you are attracted to cowrie Continue Reading

Hunters Point – Muni Stop

 Posted by on October 1, 2011
Oct 012011
 
Hunters Point - Muni Stop

Hunter’s Point 3rd Street Light Rail Project Revere/Shafter Station A Second team led by Horace Washington created stops in the Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood. These artists attended many community meetings for input and direction about what kinds of concepts were desired for inclusion by neighborhood members. Many ideas were proposed including futuristic, ethnic, ecological and Victorian.  Joe Sam was the developer of this one about birds. The Canopy Mosaics on the platform. Joe Sam makes a home on both coasts of the U.S.  One in San Francisco and one in Connecticut.  Here is what he says about himself on his website: Continue Reading

Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

 Posted by on March 10, 2011
Mar 102011
 
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.  The original docks were built on solid rock in 1916, they were thought to be the largest in the world at over 1000 feet long.  During the 20th century much of San Francisco Bay shoreline was extended by landfill, this included Hunters Point.  Between World War I and WWII Hunters Point was used by the Navy and was the largest deep water port between San Diego and Washington.  The key fissile components of the atomic bomb were loaded onto the USS Indianapolis, July of 1945 from here.  Some of the piers are still used today, but Continue Reading

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