ICONS of NorCal

[dribble]

 

[UUG]

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"From its opening in 1949 until its closing in 1994, the Coral Reef served "Cantonese and American dishes," though the decor leaned toward Polynesia, with an outrigger canoe, taxidermied fish, netting, ceramic tiki-statue masks, rattan chairs, bamboo trim, fish tanks and tropical plants.
Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2011/01/the-coral-reef.html#storylink=cpy "

sounds like it was cool place- thanks for the info.:thumbup:

 

[UUG]

That makes sense considering I lived in Hillsborough. Lol. I used to live near the Chateau(Carolands)...the place scared the crap out me.
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some very nice cribs out there!

 

[UUG]

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How about the Doggie Diners?

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[UUG]

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aka= THE GRAND DAME

A bit of Trivia:

"It is said that greatness springs from tragedy. For proof of this, look no further than San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel. renowned ?Grand Dame? hotel atop Nob Hill, The Beaux Arts-style property, designed by celebrated architect Julia Morgan (the genius behind the grandiose Hearst Castle), was about to open when its city suffered a devastating earthquake on April 18, 1906
*The Fairmont San Francisco opened in 1907. (1 year after the 06 earthquake) Fairmont Hotel's history still reigns supreme.
* Over its 105-year history, it has been home to many ?firsts? from the drafting of the United Nations charter to Tony Bennett?s premier of ?I Left My Heart in San Francisco.? in the ornate Venetian Room, The Fairmont was home to America?s first concierge, and since its opening, has served as the San Francisco residence for U.S. presidents, world leaders and entertainment stars. this is where the delegates met in 1945 to draft the United Nations Charter(reasons for the flags). Starting with Harry Truman, every U.S. president has stayed at the Fairmont.
*The Fairmont San Francisco is also located at the only spot in the city where each of the cable car lines meet."

Right after the 1906 earthquake prior to the grand opening.

'Hotel' running from 1983-1983 by Arthur Hailey become a TV series filmed at The Fairmont called the St Gregory

Fairmont hotel sells for $200 million in 2012

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[dribble]

"From its opening in 1949 until its closing in 1994, the Coral Reef served "Cantonese and American dishes," though the decor leaned toward Polynesia, with an outrigger canoe, taxidermied fish, netting, ceramic tiki-statue masks, rattan chairs, bamboo trim, fish tanks and tropical plants.
Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2011/01/the-coral-reef.html#storylink=cpy "

sounds like it was cool place- thanks for the info.:thumbup:

My family was huge and didn't have much money. That was the only real restaurant we ever went out to dinner at as a family when I was a kid. Maybe once a year.

 

[94Nautique]

Classic.

[video=youtube;njcBGrlgILw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcBGrlgILw[/video]

 

[94Nautique]

[video=youtube;fr54HmU2Zm8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr54HmU2Zm8[/video]

 

[UUG]

Classic.

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digging that vid, thanks:thumbup:

 

[UUG]

Quote Originally Posted by UUG View Post
or how about radio stations (rock-n-roll) that made their mark?

Surely some of you(or you can call me DJ) may have remembered 98.5 KOME and its late 1970's marketing of "Don't touch that dial...it has KOME on it" or "Wake up in the morning with KOME in your ear" ????
the KOME black and yellow diamond stickers that were everywhere (and edited with a pencil eraser) ????


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BONUS QUESTION:
does anyone remember the popular radio station in the south bay of norcal (similar time) ...hint: a bit country and had a popular decal that many fans sported on their rides as well?

anyone?

anyone?

 

[UUG]

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Mare Island Naval Shipyard

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"Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean.[4MINSY made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II.[5] The base closed in 1996. The Navy purchased the original 956 acres (387 ha) of MINSY in 1853 and commenced shipbuilding operations on September 16, 1854 under the command of then-Commander David Farragut, who would later gain fame during the U.S. Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay, when he gave the order, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" MINSY served as a major Pacific Ocean repair station during the late 19th century, handling American as well as Japanese and Russian vessels in the course of duty.
MINSY reached peak capacity for shipbuilding, repair, overhaul, and maintenance of many different kinds of seagoing vessels including both surface combatants and submarines. Up to 50,000 workers were employed.[13] Mare Island even received Royal Navy cruisers and destroyers and four Soviet Navy subs for service.[5] Following the War, MINSY was considered to be one of the primary stations for construction and maintenance of the Navy's Pacific fleet of submarines, having built seventeen submarines and four submarine tenders by the end of hostilities.
With the prelude to, and the outbreak of World War II, the Mare Island Naval Shipyard specialized in submarines, and other than a few submarine tenders, no more surface ships were built there. MINSY continued building non-nuclear subs through the Cold War including two of the three Barracuda-class submarines and the Grayback, an early guided missile launcher. In 1955, Mare Island was awarded the contract to build Sargo, the first nuclear submarine laid down at a Pacific base. The shipyard became one of the few that built and overhauled nuclear submarines, including several UGM-27 Polaris submarines. 1970 saw the launching of USS Drum, the last nuclear submarine built in California.
In 1969, during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy transferred their Brown Water Navy Riverine Training Operations from Coronado, California to Mare Island. Motorists traveling along Highway 37 from the Vallejo/Fairfield areas to the Bay Area, which passes through Mare Island, could often see U.S. Navy Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast) and PBRs (Patrol Boat River), among other riverine type boats, maneuvering through the sloughs of what is now the Napa-Sonoma State Wildlife Area, which borders the north and west portions of Mare Island. U.S. Navy Reserve Units may still operate the slough portions of the State Wildlife Area for training purposes, as the navigable waters are considered public property. The U.S. Navy Brown Water Riverine Forces were inactivated after the Vietnam War, maintaining only the U.S. Naval Reserve PBRs and auxiliary craft at Mare Island, until the 1996 base closure.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard expanded to over 5,200 acres (2,104 ha) in its service life and was responsible for construction of over 500 naval vessels and overhauling thousands of other vessels. Though it remained a strong contender for continued operations, MINSY was identified for closure during the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process of 1993. Naval operations ceased and the facility was decommissioned on April 1, 1996."

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the now

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the Shipbuilding around the bay that was

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Mare Island
Kaiser Shipyard
Hunters point
Marinship
Moore Dry Dock

 

[GRADS]

BONUS QUESTION:
does anyone remember the popular radio station in the south bay of norcal (similar time) ...hint: a bit country and had a popular decal that many fans sported on their rides as well?


anyone?

KFRC?

 

[UUG]

KFRC?

haha
I forgot about KFRC and KLIV....good one!
the (country)station I was thinking of was out of the south bay = KFAT

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[RogerThat99]

There was also KMEL ( i believe out of San Jose).

 

[RogerThat99]

This one is still around...

PTF 26 Liberty (Patrol, Torpedo, Fast): PTF 26 Liberty was the last PTF built by the US.

 

[GRADS]

Icons?? Do you guys remember The King of Folsom?

 

[Tank]

Wow. I've never spent much time up north but what a great thread. I do love history and seeing things the way it used to be.

Thanks for the thread.

 

[RogerThat99]

Icons?? Do you guys remember The King of Folsom?

I think UUG is now the King Of Folsom.

 

[707dog]

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"Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean.[4MINSY made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II.[5] The base closed in 1996. The Navy purchased the original 956 acres (387 ha) of MINSY in 1853 and commenced shipbuilding operations on September 16, 1854 under the command of then-Commander David Farragut, who would later gain fame during the U.S. Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay, when he gave the order, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" MINSY served as a major Pacific Ocean repair station during the late 19th century, handling American as well as Japanese and Russian vessels in the course of duty.
MINSY reached peak capacity for shipbuilding, repair, overhaul, and maintenance of many different kinds of seagoing vessels including both surface combatants and submarines. Up to 50,000 workers were employed.[13] Mare Island even received Royal Navy cruisers and destroyers and four Soviet Navy subs for service.[5] Following the War, MINSY was considered to be one of the primary stations for construction and maintenance of the Navy's Pacific fleet of submarines, having built seventeen submarines and four submarine tenders by the end of hostilities.
With the prelude to, and the outbreak of World War II, the Mare Island Naval Shipyard specialized in submarines, and other than a few submarine tenders, no more surface ships were built there. MINSY continued building non-nuclear subs through the Cold War including two of the three Barracuda-class submarines and the Grayback, an early guided missile launcher. In 1955, Mare Island was awarded the contract to build Sargo, the first nuclear submarine laid down at a Pacific base. The shipyard became one of the few that built and overhauled nuclear submarines, including several UGM-27 Polaris submarines. 1970 saw the launching of USS Drum, the last nuclear submarine built in California.
In 1969, during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy transferred their Brown Water Navy Riverine Training Operations from Coronado, California to Mare Island. Motorists traveling along Highway 37 from the Vallejo/Fairfield areas to the Bay Area, which passes through Mare Island, could often see U.S. Navy Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast) and PBRs (Patrol Boat River), among other riverine type boats, maneuvering through the sloughs of what is now the Napa-Sonoma State Wildlife Area, which borders the north and west portions of Mare Island. U.S. Navy Reserve Units may still operate the slough portions of the State Wildlife Area for training purposes, as the navigable waters are considered public property. The U.S. Navy Brown Water Riverine Forces were inactivated after the Vietnam War, maintaining only the U.S. Naval Reserve PBRs and auxiliary craft at Mare Island, until the 1996 base closure.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard expanded to over 5,200 acres (2,104 ha) in its service life and was responsible for construction of over 500 naval vessels and overhauling thousands of other vessels. Though it remained a strong contender for continued operations, MINSY was identified for closure during the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process of 1993. Naval operations ceased and the facility was decommissioned on April 1, 1996."

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Mare Island
Kaiser Shipyard
Hunters point
Marinship
Moore Dry Dock

i grew up across the water from mare island in the apartments that were on the hill above general mills flour plant, a big list of relatives worked ,retired or laid off from that ship yard. use to hike down the hill and fish at the rail road tracks that led into general mills. the straight was a very busy place. they sure let most of the island go to shit

 

[UUG]

Icons?? Do you guys remember The King of Folsom?

Are u referring to this guy?

I think UUG is now the King Of Folsom.

the Kings of the lake may have been these guys.

"The 1966 Sacramento Cup saw Herrington?s MISS LAPEER rebound from a distant second-place in Heat One to a couple of solid victories in Heats Two and Three. Piloted by Warner Gardner, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, the Herrington team outscored Ranger in MY GYPSY, 1100 points to 969. This was in the days when a winner was determined on the basis of total points scored in all three heats rather than by a first-place finish in the Final Heat.

MISS LAPEER turned the fastest competition lap of the day at a speed of 105.820 miles per hour."
The 1966 Sacramento Cup was the boat?s only race victory.

1966 Final Standings:
1.MISS LAPEER, Warner Gardner
2.MY GYPSY, Jim Ranger
3.MISS CHRYSLER CREW, Bill Sterett
4.TAHOE MISS, Mira Slovak
5.SAVAIR?S PROBE, Red Loomis "

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"The 1967 Sacramento Cup saw a point tie at the end of the day between Billy Schumacher in MISS BARDAHL and Mike Thomas in MISS BUDWEISER. Both had two firsts and one second-place heat finish. Schumacher received the victory nod on the basis of faster total elapsed time for all three heats. MISS BARDAHL averaged 100.396 miles per hour to MISS BUDWEISER?s 97.203.
1967 Final Standings:
1.MISS BARDAHL, Billy Schumacher
2.MISS BUDWEISER, Mike Thomas
3.MISS CHRYSLER CREW, Mira Slovak
4.MISS U.S., Bill Muncey
5.WAYFARERS CLUB LADY, Jim McCormick"

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The pit area at Folsom Lake in 1967 ? Courtesy of the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum.

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[UUG]

just 17 miles west of Lake Tahoe on highway 50 is Strawberry Lodge
"The original Lodge was built by Irad Berry in 1856 on a portion of the old highway that was leased from the gov't. Berry supplemented the tolls that he collected by running a livery stable. It was rumored that he "may have charged travelers for hay and grain for their horses and oxen, but then feed them something cheaper, which was usually straw." the nickname "Straw Berry" was then created and continued. He grew the biz with a lodge and expanded over to the highway for travelers to stop and pay tolls.
Then for some unknown reason, the original Berry lodge building burned down and was replace by a smaller lodge which stood for about 4 years and that too burned down. In the 1868 a third lodge which had up to 20 guest rooms was built. In 1930, the gov't completed the local portion of US highway 50 and moved across the river from the lodge where the lodge was built on. "
More interesting tales are available inside the lodge when stopping in for an Ice Cream during your travels to the Lake from the Bay Area.


original Strawberry Lodge circa 1862

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[UUG]

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Construction of I-80, Alameda County, August 15, 1948. Construction of I-80, which began in 1947, connects San Francisco throught Sacramento over the Sierra and was the first California freeway opened under the Federal Highway Act.



Construction of US 50 between Folsom and Placerville, March 1940. US 50, which is also known as the "Backbone of America," stretches more than 3,000 miles from Sacramento over the high Sierra to Ocean City, Maryland and crosses through Lake Tahoe, Central Colorado, Carson City, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Washington, D.C

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US 40, Citrus Heights, Sacramento County, April 4, 1951. Parts of the Lincoln Highway often passed through small communities, such as this, throughout the nation as it stretched out across 13 states from San Francisco to New York City.

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Construction of the Redwood Highway, US 101, north of San Francisco.

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I-580, May 19, 1937. I-580 is shown here between Dublin and Castro Valley after road widening construction.

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[dread Pirate]

There was also KMEL ( i believe out of San Jose).

And don't forget KZAP in Sacramento. The Cheshire Cat sticker was a given on any hot rod in the area.

 

[UUG]

haha
...and KLIV....good one!

RogerThat99[/B];1982080]There was also KMEL ( i believe out of San Jose).

dread Pirate[/B];1983282]And don't forget KZAP in Sacramento. The Cheshire Cat sticker was a given on any hot rod in the area.

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[UUG]

Located in Santa Venetia (small town in San Rafael)
Late 1880?s, Chinese immigrants found work as laborers at the McNear ranch and supplemented their income by fishing for shrimp along the shores of San Pablo Bay. They set up camp at the shore which was ideally suited for shrimping. Over 90% of the shrimp they netted were dried and shipped to China or Chinese communities throughout the US making it one of the most exported (sea) food source globally.
>More than three million pounds of shrimp were harvested from the Bay each year into the early 20th century . Wooden buildings, including general stores, a marine supply store, a barber shop, shrimp drying and grinding sheds, and numerous residences of the Village made their living fishing for shrimp from the tidal mud flats along San Pablo Bay. Current events of the time including politically and environmental restrictions took a severe blow to the China camp economy- in which it is now gone from the region.
China Camp Village was the scene of filming of the movie Blood Alley in 1955. John Wayne and Lauren Bacall starred in this classic Cold War-era adventure, in which China Camp Village played the role of a small village in China.

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Blood Alley


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[UUG]

Growing up in......

So...PLEASE Post a few [ICONS]
you can think of AND add a pic (personal or internet and a story behind it)!
Lets ROCK THIS THREAD!:thumbup:
Let me start with....

btw, thank you to all that have posted up....

 

[UUG]

:thumbup:

btw, thank you to all that have posted up....

hummm, I just remembered another blast from the past that some of you may remember?.... or your parents may remember....lol.

:thumbup:champagne:

 

[UUG]

'hey, lets meet at the drags!' or after school, 'let's run it!'

:thumbup::thumbup:...some of you have got to remember the Fremont Drag strip? and or the short lived marine stadium in Fremont Ca?

"The track was constructed on land leased from the Southern Pacific Railroad, which had acquired the land from the U.S. Navy after World War II. The Army had constructed a small airfield on the site just prior to the war, which was subsequently taken over by the Navy during the war (Naval Outlying Landing Field Heath). In 1961, after the Fremont Dragstrip was already in operation, another smaller airfield for gliders, Skyways Airport, was constructed on the southern part of the site directly adjacent to the dragstrip, becoming one of the busiest gliderports in the world prior to its closure.[1][2]

By the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, the Fremont Dragstrip was in its heyday. It's booming radio ads were familiar and ubiquitous on all the pop radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area."

remember the entrance? Me do!

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the Friday night drags? or sat square-offs?

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top view of start and finish



the talent

Jungle Jan H and Linda V.

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and lets us not forget the Marine stadium at Fremont

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which may look familiar to a resto by mr Leach?

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[DILLIGAF]

We grew up in the Monterey area with most of the time on Fort Ord. I have 10 brothers and sisters and we were there a long time. 10 of us went to Seaside High School. I will go back and find some of the old Ft Ord/Marina/Seaside pics we have and post them up when I have the time.

 

[UUG]

We grew up in the Monterey area with most of the time on Fort Ord. I have 10 brothers and sisters and we were there a long time. 10 of us went to Seaside High School. I will go back and find some of the old Ft Ord/Marina/Seaside pics we have and post them up when I have the time.

that would be great to see. looking forward to your post!:thumbup:

 

[UUG]

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:thumbup::thumbup:...some of you have got to remember the Fremont Drag strip? and or the short lived marine stadium in Fremont Ca?

"The track was constructed on land leased from the Southern Pacific Railroad, which had acquired the land from the U.S. Navy after World War II. The Army had constructed a small airfield on the site just prior to the war, which was subsequently taken over by the Navy during the war (Naval Outlying Landing Field Heath). In 1961, after the Fremont Dragstrip was already in operation, another smaller airfield for gliders, Skyways Airport, was constructed on the southern part of the site directly adjacent to the dragstrip, becoming one of the busiest gliderports in the world prior to its closure.
...By the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, the Fremont Dragstrip was in its heyday. It's booming radio ads were familiar and ubiquitous on all the pop radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area."
the Friday night drags? or sat square-offs?

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just a few more

 

[UUG]

"From a WPA project of the 1930s, Treasure Island SF was built with imported fill dredged from the bay, dragged down from the Sac Delta onto the shoals on the north side of Yerba Buena Island for the city?s 3rd Worlds Fair Expo in 1939. The island sits in the "middle" of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Treasure Island was planned for and used as an airport for Pan American's China Clipper fleet.

After the World's Fair 1939?40 exhibition, the island was scheduled to be used as the original location of San Francisco International airport. Then the war broke out and with our involvement in the second World War, this location (T.I.) proved an excellent location for the movement of our soldiers and machinery headed for the Pacific Theater. So in 1941, the Navy traded T.I. for land in South City where the city would later build SF Internation Airport that we all come to know."

[video=youtube;x7iYm2Au6DQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x7iYm2Au6DQ[/video]

[video=youtube;0PE39FbsX88]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PE39FbsX88[/video]

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PanAm route

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[RogerThat99]

China Camp Village was the scene of filming of the movie Blood Alley in 1955. John Wayne and Lauren Bacall starred in this classic Cold War-era adventure, in which China Camp Village played the role of a small village in China.


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Here is the "Chicu San" (the boat from Blood Alley). I took this picture on the Sacramento River near the confluence with the Feather River (near Verona). After the movie was filmed, the boat was used as a sightseeing / cruise boat out of Old Sacramento. It went somewhere else, I don't remember where, but eventually came back to Old Sacramento as the Spirit of Sacramento. It has spent a lot of time listing and half sunk on the Sacramento River. You can see the waterline from it being submerged.

 

[RogerThat99]

How about the pirate ship "Black Magic" on the Sacramento River (I don't have any pictures of it). It spent most of it's life anchored across from where the River Bank Marina is now (Crawdad's River Cantina). When they built the Marina, they mad him move the boat. The last time I saw the boat, it was abandoned and half sunk in a slough on the Sacramento River, just upstream of the Feather River confluence.

Does anyone remember this?

 

[bocco]

Radio stations I remember from the 60s were:

"The big 610 KFRC" and "KYA radio 1260" both am.

KMEL can along in the 70 on FM as Camel the beast of the bay.

And the infamous KSAN the album oriented rock station. Totally hip and totally San Francisco. They had a DJ that used to do morning prank calls called Rude Awakenings.

 

[bocco]

An un official icon was street racing on Brotherhood way in SF. There was a drive in in Daly City called PIPS where the cars hung out until it was time to race. PIPS got replaced by an A&W that remained the hang out into the 70s.

 

[UUG]

...on the corner of Bush and Van Ness.
a 7 story landmark



[video=youtube;7vZXPs3ExHY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZXPs3ExHY[/video]


now a Penske Nissan-Infinity palace purchased from Marie Brooks

 

[UUG]

.... I do love history and seeing things the way it used to be.
Thanks for the thread.

Tank,
me too and I hope others do as well.
thank you
:thumbup:

 

[RogerThat99]

How about the pirate ship "Black Magic" on the Sacramento River (I don't have any pictures of it). It spent most of it's life anchored across from where the River Bank Marina is now (Crawdad's River Cantina). When they built the Marina, they mad him move the boat. The last time I saw the boat, it was abandoned and half sunk in a slough on the Sacramento River, just upstream of the Feather River confluence.

Does anyone remember this?

Coincidentally, someone posted a picture of the Black Magic on FB today. When I was a kid, it was actually black with white trim. This is not too long before it was abandoned (no paint).

 

[UUG]

An un official icon was street racing on Brotherhood way in SF. There was a drive in in Daly City called PIPS where the cars hung out until it was time to race. PIPS got replaced by an A&W that remained the hang out into the 70s.

was that down by the Lake? I grew up off of Alamany during the old Farmers mkt befor 280 went through.

if you have any picks, that would be cool.

thanks for sharing!

 

[UUG]

in San Mateo.:thumbup::thumbup:

'Built on the site of an old airfield, Bay Meadows Racecourse was the longest continually operating thoroughbred racetrack in California, having been founded on November 13, 1934 until its closure on August 17, 2008. The innovative William P. Kyne introduced pari-mutuel wagering, the popular Daily Double, the first all-enclosed starting gate, the totalizator board and the photo-finish camera at Bay Meadows....Bay Meadows had a 1 mile (1.6 km) dirt oval and a seven furlong [0.875 miles (1.408 km)] turf oval. The track had a total seating capacity of 12,000 and had stabling for 900 horses on site.


-In 1948, the eventual Hall of Fame jockey, Bill Shoemaker, began his career by exercising horses on this track. He won his first stakes race here in 1949.

-In 1950 and 1951 the Bay Meadows 150 AAA Indy Car race was run at the track.

-In 1954, 1955, and 1956 the track was used for NASCAR.

-All of the exterior scenes in Stanley Kubrick's 1956 heist movie The Killing were filmed at Bay Meadows. The track was renamed as Landsdowne for the movie, but the Bay Meadows name is visible in at least one early scene of the movie.


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trivia

July 31, 1955

Tim Flock scores his record 13th win of the season in the 250-mile NASCAR Grand National race at Bay Meadows Race Track in San Mateo, Calif. It is Flock's second win in less than 24 hours. The title-bound driver won at Syracuse, N.Y., the night before.
A flock of Flocks: (left to right) Fonty, Bob, and Tim pose with a pair of the speedy Carl Kiekhaefer Chryslers. All three of the Flock brothers worked and drove for the Kiekhaefer team in 1955. Bob only competed in one race that year, but served as a crew member for his brothers in many races.

(yup, the same Carl Kiekhaefer we all know and love in the marine biz)

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[UUG]

headquarters are in Crockett in unincorporated Contra Costa County, California.

interesting read on history:

"Sugar Wars and Bloody Streets of Crockett"
http://www.cocohistory.org/essays-sugarwars.html

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[UUG]

"Squaw Valley 1960 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Squaw Valley, Calif., U.S., that took place Feb. 18?28, 1960. Squaw Valley was narrowly awarded the 1960 Winter Olympics, beating out Innsbruck, Austria, the eventual host of the 1964 Games, by a mere two votes. Many countries protested the selection, citing Squaw Valley?s lack of development?the area had only one hotel?and its high elevation?over 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level. Within four years, however, new facilities were constructed, and accommodations were made to support two million visitors. American television carried live coverage of the Games for the first time, and the opening ceremonies were managed by Walt Disney himself."

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[UUG]

?Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway was a scenic tourist railway operating between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, covering a distance of 8.19 miles to the Muir Woods. The railroad incorporated in January 1896?. Billed as the "Crookedest Railroad in the World," the line was a popular diversion for many, renowned for its peculiarly steep and serpentine route, winding through picturesque terrain to a mountaintop tavern providing first class hospitality and striking views of the San Francisco Bay Area.[3] Despite its popularity, the railway met its ultimate demise following a devastating fire in 1929,[4] and dwindling ridership when the novel automobile could finally drive to Tamalpais' summit "

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[video=youtube;V8KlsOxpzAM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8KlsOxpzAM[/video]

 

[bocco]

was that down by the Lake? I grew up off of Alamany during the old Farmers mkt befor 280 went through.

if you have any picks, that would be cool.

thanks for sharing!

Yes, it started at the dirt parking lot on Lake Merced Blvd and ended at Alemany blvd. I grew up in Daly City straight of the street from Joes of Westlake. Unfortunately no pics.

The Great Highway out by where playland was saw some good street racing also.

 

[UUG]

how about the Babe muffler dude on Almaden road and if I remember Bird ave?

 

[dread Pirate]

Coincidentally, someone posted a picture of the Black Magic on FB today. When I was a kid, it was actually black with white trim. This is not too long before it was abandoned (no paint).

We would always cruise by it and wonder, then one day he waved us over and my dad had a few beers with him while I checked out the boat. Guy had a thing for spiders and he wouldn't disturb their webs. Said it was bad luck.

I had all but forgotten about that boat let alone the name. Cool times growing up on the river back then.

 

[dread Pirate]

Couple more pics I found while searching info on the boat. Not sure what the 2nd boat is going under the bridge though?

 

[jonnyd]

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How about the Doggie Diners?

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They still have one of the doggie heads at a little diner near the SF Zoo. I believe it's on Sloat? Next door is one of the best Pizza places around. Pasqualle's makes a great pizza. There are two of them in the city!! Not a place to really sit down, but rather pick-up or delivery!

 

[jonnyd]

Radio stations I remember from the 60s were:

"The big 610 KFRC" and "KYA radio 1260" both am.

KMEL can along in the 70 on FM as Camel the beast of the bay.

And the infamous KSAN the album oriented rock station. Totally hip and totally San Francisco. They had a DJ that used to do morning prank calls called Rude Awakenings.

KFRC DR. Donald D Rose was the main DJ