Marina Bay, Richmond, California
Coordinates: 37°54′46″N 122°20′47″W / 37.912824°N 122.346475°W / 37.912824; -122.346475
Marina Bay is located in Richmond's protected Inner Harbor. It was developed in the mid 1980s in an effort to clean up what had been up to that point the defunct WWII-era Kaiser Shipyards. The has been planned as an upper-scale residential waterfront community with apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and houses. The area is also home to many retail and light industry businesses. The city considers it one of its success stories and uses it as an example for other projects throughout the area.
In 2008 construction the ground was broken on two new residential developments. In addition a new waterfront in the northwest area of the bay is planned upon their completion.
Read more about Marina Bay, Richmond, California: Marina Bay Yacht Harbor, Yacht Club, San Francisco Bay Trail, Rosie The Riveter Monument, Craneway Pavillon, Sister City Monument
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)