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Category: Bay View – Hunters Point

  • Bayview/Hunters Point Muni Stop

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    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…

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    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…

  • Hunters Point – Muni Stop

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    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.…

  • Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

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    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…