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	Boston.com / Beyond The Big Dig / Case Studies
		Ferry Building Plaza is a large open space that replaced the elevated Embarcadero freeway.
		Ferry Building Plaza, like its bleak next-door neighbor, Justin Herman Park (which boasts Villancourt Fountain, an unsightly example of public art gone very wrong), is a testament to the wrongheaded notion that a city need only create public open space and people will come.
		Ferry Building Plaza is a new open space replacing the elevated Embarcadero freeway, which was heavily damaged in a 1989 earthquake.
	www.boston.com /beyond_bigdig/cases/embarcadero.htm (1053 words)

	San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council - San Francisco Ferry Building Renovation and Restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Ferry Building is currently undergoing an extensive renovation that will remove most of the office space and restore the main public hall for use by ferry passengers and the public in general.
		The centerpiece of the building was the 240' clock tower modeled after the 12th century bell tower in the Seville Cathedral in Spain.
		In 1955 the Ferry Building was extensively remodeled, converting much of the large open hall to standard office space with some retail use and general public use on the ground floor.
	www.sfbctc.org /3402-ferry.htm (606 words)

	Register of Historic Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Ferry Building is one of the most imposing port buildings in New Zealand, and testimony to the importance of water transport in early twentieth-century Auckland.
		The Ferry Building is significant as a striking and monumental piece of architecture, whose scale reflects the importance of civic authorities in the early years of the Dominion (1907-1947).
		It is a powerful reminder of the importance of ferry transport in the early twentieth century, and the role played by the wharves in the social and commercial life of the city, particularly until the 1960s.
	www.historic.org.nz /Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=102&sm= (521 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1892, a bond issue to build a new Ferry Building was passed by the voters of California.
		The historic interior of the Ferry Building structure, with its mosaic floor and dramatic brick and ceramic arches, was lost in 1955, when much of the large open hall was filled in to accommodate standard office space with some retail use and general public use on the ground floor.
		The Ferry Building and the central waterfront were once again visible and ready to embrace a bright future.
	www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com /html/history.html (781 words)

	Changing fortunes of iconic ferry building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		And with the development of the new Britomart transport hub, the building at 99 Quay Street provides a valuable link with Auckland's past, when the wharves were one of the most important gateways to and from the city.
		At the turn of the century, the Auckland Harbour Board was determined that the city remain the leading southern hemisphere port and saw the building as the focus for the extensive ferry network entering and leaving the city.
		The building's architect was Alex Wiseman and to reflect the aspirations of the project, the ornate, imposing facades of the four-storey building were modelled in the Imperial Baroque style.
	www.aucklandcity.govt.nz /news/council/200406/20/a07.asp (427 words)

	Travel Destinations::Ferry Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Ferry Building opened in 1898 on the site of the 1875 wooden Ferry House and became the center for anyone travelling from the East by rail and those commuting from the East Bay and Marin.
		The building Brown designed was the largest building ever built over water and managed to survive both the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes.
		In the 1950's the grand interior space of the building was subdivided for office use and, in 1957, the Embarcadero Freeway was constructed obscuring the view of the Ferry Building and placing the final nail in its coffin.
	www.catour.com /ferry-building.html (330 words)

	Ferry Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The building, designed in the style of an old English club house by the Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, provided separate locker room facilities for home and visiting teams as well as offices and lecture rooms for the Michigan coaches, as well as a lounge area.
		The first significant expansion of Ferry Field came in 1914 when the old wooden bleachers along the south sideline, that had once stood on Regents Field, were replaced with concrete bleachers.
		Ferry Field hosted the Midwest trials for the 1924 U.S. Olympic team and two of Michigan's own went on to win Olympic medals; William DeHart Hubbard took the gold medal in the broad jump and James Brooker won bronze in the pole vault.
	www.umich.edu /~bhl/stadium/stadtext/ferry.htm (1981 words)

	Very Beautiful Ferry Building on Cusp of Opening (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A cross sectional drawing of the Ferry Building showing the third floor removed to open up the "nave" and also showing the building still resting on the 5,000 original wooden piles that withstood the 1906 Earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake that damaged the Embarcadero Freeway.
		The restored nave of the Ferry Building, "one of the most beautiful spaces in all of San Francisco." Photo courtesy, SMWM Architects, San Francisco.
		Plans for comprehensive regional ferry service mean the Ferry Building may soon return to being the crossroads of the Bay Area.
	www.baycrossings.com /Archives/2003/01_February/very_beautiful_ferry_building_on_cusp_of_opening.htm (239 words)

	FAQs
		The Alameda/Oakland Ferry is a publicly subsidized public transit system operated by the City of Alameda and the Port of Oakland.
		On November 7, 2001, Alameda County voters approved the reauthorization of the continuation of Measure B. Measure B provides for a one-half cent transaction and use tax to be used to fund public transportation.
		For FY ‘02/03, proposed Measure B expenditures are $453,855 for ferry operations and $15,000 for capital projects.
	www.eastbayferry.com /what/faqs.html (535 words)

	san francisco ferry terminal update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This phase is still ongoing and involves constructing new and improved ferry terminal facilities and public access promenades on the north and south areas surrounding the historic Ferry Building.
		As part of the overall project, new facilities for commuter ferry service will be constructed with new covered, accessible landing facilities, granite portal structuresrailings and amenities, attractive stonework and colored paving at the portal areas, and a protective breakwater south of the south ferry terminal basin area.
		The existing Ferry Building float at Pier 1/2 will be refurbished and will be available for use as needed as a temporary emergency terminal.
	www.baycrossings.com /Archives/2001/07_August/san_francisco_ferry_terminal_update.htm (963 words)

	Glory Days Again at Ferry Building / Developer ready to rejuvenate S.F. `gateway'
		The idea, the port says, is to restore the Ferry Building to the pre- eminent position it once held in the city.
		That was the beginning of the end of the old ferry system, and nearly the end of the Ferry Building itself.
		In the center of it all is the Ferry Building.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/09/MN657.DTL (1067 words)

	Sunset: Happy ending - Western Wanderings - San Francisco's Ferry Building restored (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After five years of planning and construction--"not unusual for a public building of this size in San Francisco," Turnbull says--a restored Ferry Building is opening this spring.
		The new Ferry Building is the center of San Francisco's revived waterfront.
		At the climax of It Came from Beneath the Sea, the giant octopus is defeated by harpoon-wielding scientists, but the Ferry Building is left in ruins.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_4_210/ai_99165026 (703 words)

	News Release -- Restoration of Ferry Building in San Francisco, Calif.,Reiceves National Preservation Honor Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Washington, DC (October 2, 2003) – This afternoon, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized the rehabilitation of the Ferry Building in San Francisco, Calif. with its prestigious National Preservation Honor Award.
		Since 1898, the Ferry Building has been one of San Francisco's signature landmarks, its slender tower punctuating the skyline like a graceful exclamation point.
		These efforts include citizen attempts to save and maintain important landmarks; companies and craftsmen whose work restores the richness of the past; the vision of public officials who support preservation projects and legislation in their communities; and educators and journalists who help Americans understand the value of preservation.
	www.nationaltrust.org /news/docs/20031002_awards_ferrybuilding.html (408 words)

	Return to splendor / Renovated Ferry Building reclaims glory
		Viewed from afar, the building is as grandly formal as ever: a three-story- tall, 220-yard long procession of arches and arcades topped by a slender tower modeled on a 12th century Spanish tower.
		During the building's transit heyday, when as many as 50,000 travelers and commuters passed through in a day, you bought ferry tickets along the Embarcadero and then walked upstairs to catch your boat.
		The Ferry Building is a work in progress; in some ways, perhaps, it always has been.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/21/BA271729.DTL (1052 words)

	Sacramento Magazine Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The airy, historic building, with its elegant arches and 660-foot-long skylit concourse, is a most appropriate setting for the region’s epicurean array of gorgeous organic vegetables, gourmet oils, artisanal breads and cheeses, and handcrafted chocolates.
		By the 1920s, the Ferry Building served 22 million people annually and was second in passenger service only to the railroad terminal at London’s Charing Cross.But with the emergence of automobiles and bridges in the 1930s, the Ferry Building abruptly became obsolete.
		Recently, the Ferry Building, owned by the Port of San Francisco and still a working ferry terminal, underwent a four-year, $90 million renovation to restore the building to its original grandeur and to create a food market that would showcase the best the Bay Area’s food community has to offer.
	www.sacmag.com /archive/May2004/article3.shtm (911 words)

	A Virtual Tour around San Francisco Ferry Building
		The Ferry Building is under reconstruction on these pictures.
		Justin Herman Plaza is red, Embarcadero Plaza, Ferry Building with its clock tower, and Bay Bridge.
		Ferry building is a "California historic civil engineering landmark, 1898".
	www.virtuar.com /ysf2/ap-Ferry-Building.htm (171 words)

	Transit.511.org - Popular Destinations
		After a 4-year renovation, this landmark building reopened in 2003 as a mixed-use facility with a public food market on the ground floor, offices on its upper floors, and a new 30-foot wide wharf that provides passengers generous access to and from the ferries.
		Ferry passengers can also make easy connections to BART and MUNI rail lines at Embarcadero Station (just three blocks away), to MUNI operated Cable Cars and Historic Street Cars, and to bus lines served by MUNI, Golden Gate Transit, and Amtrak.
		On four days of the week the Ferry Building is host to the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.
	www.transitinfo.org /Destinations/detail.asp?did=205 (213 words)

	JS Online: Ferry plies uncharted waters in lake travel
		A similar ferry is being built in Australia and will run this summer between Toronto and Rochester, N.Y. Another East Coast shipbuilder expects to launch a similar high-speed car ferry in Alaska this spring.
		But a Michigan investor in love with the ferries that have been part of the two states' coastline culture since the 1800s resuscitated the operation the next year by pumping about $3.5 million into it and refocusing on fun instead of freight.
		Unlike the Badger, the Lake Express ferry is not necessarily trying to capitalize on customers' fascination with the big lake or their nostalgia for a nautical link between two distant coasts.
	www.jsonline.com /news/metro/dec03/192637.asp (1705 words)

	SF Ferry Building
		Not only is the Ferry Building the gateway to San Francisco's Financial District, it is also a jumping off point to many local destinations -- many within walking distance, others accessed by the famous Cable Cars that run through the streets of San Francisco.
		With the recent renovation of the Ferry Building and the Ferry Building Marketplace, there's lots to do within steps of departing the Ferry Boat.
		Click here for Ferry schedules to and from the SF Ferry Building, and for fare and ticket information.
	www.eastbayferry.com /where/ferrybuilding.html (372 words)

	Print Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Indoors, under the airy, steel-trussed nave of the Ferry Building Marketplace, with its spectacular three-story-high skylights, its indoor street lined with shops and fine brickwork, the crowds are almost as thick as outside.
		Michael and Marni Salit, Mill Valley residents, are among the Ferry Building's newest tenants.
		They buy food to go from the several excellent delicatessens in the building, choose wines by the glass at Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant, then take their booty to one of the many tables scattered through the eating areas on the bay side of the building.
	www.insidebayarea.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2407187 (1130 words)

	San Francisco:Embarcadero Photos
		The Ferry Building, with its impressive clock tower, is one of the most notable landmarks on the San Francisco waterfront.
		Polk modeled the Ferry Building's tower after the Giralda tower of the Cathedral in Sevilla (Spain).
		When the Ferry building was constructed, it was common for buildings to be modeled after famous landmarks in Europe.
	home.comcast.net /~apollo_photocards/photos/sf/ferry (296 words)

	Ferry Building, San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Edward Swain supervised the completion of the Ferry Building after the architect was killed in an accident in January, 1896.
		The Grand Nave of the Ferry Building is 660 feet long, 45 feet wide and fully skylit.
		At one time the Ferry Building was one of the most used transportation halls in the world.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu?id=118858 (350 words)

	Realty Times: Cornerstone, William Wilson & Associates Tapped to Redevelop SF Ferry Building
		Central to the physical redevelopment of the interior will be the restoration of the original Nave that extends the entire 660 foot length of the building and reaches from the arcade to the trussed roof, creating a naturally lit atrium and exposing much of the original architecture.
		Constructed in 1898, the Ferry Building is a Historical Landmark designed in the neo-classical Beaux-Arts style.
		The building's signature clock tower anchors the San Francisco Waterfront directly across from the city's financial district.
	realtytimes.com /printrtpages/19981120_rupcrnstone.htm (297 words)

	San Francisco Bay Ferryboats - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Approximate transit time is 45 minutes from Harbor Bay Isle to the San Francisco Ferry Terminal (The bus will stop in front of the Amtrak Bus Depot in front of Gate E which is on the south side of the Ferry Building).
		A passenger on Golden Gate Ferry MV Sonoma was injured by a panel dislodged by a large wave during a large storm.
		Tickets may be purchased on the ferry boat or at the Red and White Fleet ticket office, Pier 43 1/2, at the foot of Taylor Street in Historic Fisherman's Wharf.
	home.comcast.net /~cable_car_guy/html/news.html (1038 words)

	Fiberglass architectural elements restore Ferry Building
		In a city filled with memorable landmarks, perhaps the most enduring is San Francisco's Ferry Building.
		Completed in 1898 as the passenger terminus for the bay's ferry routes, the steel-framed structure with its 240-ft tall clock tower survived major earthquakes (1906, 1989) and the great fire of 1906.
		But, car-weary commuters revitalized ferries in the 1980s, and when the Embarcadero - irreparably damaged by the 1989 earthquake - was torn down, the building's re-emergence stirred interest in preserving it for adaptive reuse.
	www.compositesworld.com /ct/issues/2003/August/183 (400 words)

	Marketplace - The Ferry Building Marketplace - G. Donald Bain - World Wide Panorama
		The Ferry Bulding was built in 1898, on pilings over the waters of San Francisco Bay.
		Ferries are now running again, from the East Bay and Marin County.
		The grand main hall of the Ferry Building, 660 feet long, has been reborn as the Ferry Building Marketplace, a series of shops featuring the outstanding food and drink of northern California.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp305/html/GDonaldBain.html (434 words)

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