McCovey Cove - Revision history

Ccarlsson: added photo

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	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:China-basin-mission-creek-c-1970-aerial.jpg]]

			'''Aerial view in 1970 of China Basin and what later was dubbed "McCovey Cove."'''

			''Photo: HistoryofSF Instagram''

	[[Image:soma1$pacbell-and-mccovey-cove.jpg]]		[[Image:soma1$pacbell-and-mccovey-cove.jpg]]

Lisaruth: changed source of historical photo of port walk. looking for origin

2022-08-29T19:55:12Z

changed source of historical photo of port walk. looking for origin

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	'''Port walk along then China Basin, now known as McCovey Cove, c. 1930s.'''		'''Port walk along then China Basin, now known as McCovey Cove, c. 1930s.'''

	''Photo: ~~Potrero Hill Archives Project~~''		''Photo: source unknown''

	[[Image:Port-walk-2010-w-raised-3rd-st-bridge 8681.jpg]]		[[Image:Port-walk-2010-w-raised-3rd-st-bridge 8681.jpg]]

Lisaruth: changed prev doc link due to moving page/changing name

2018-02-14T03:52:59Z

changed prev doc link due to moving page/changing name

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Ccarlsson at 23:44, 29 September 2014

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	Beyond the Third Street Bridge in both photos hunkers the China Basin Building, built in 1925 by Del Monte Cannery. By 1974, the building had been painted a rich blue. That same year, it was a distribution point of a massive food giveaway conducted by the Hearst family in response to [[SLA Demands "Gesture of Good Faith"\|ransom demands of the Symbionese Liberation Army]], the kidnappers of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. Today the building houses corporate offices, and life science and technology firms that value its proximity to UCSF’s new Mission Bay campus. That a ballpark could be built at a site so key to the economic vitality of an earlier San Francisco reminds us of just how [[A Waterfront Planned: The 1990s and the New Millennium\|outmoded The Port had become]] by the late 20th century, left in the wake of the container ship.		Beyond the Third Street Bridge in both photos hunkers the China Basin Building, built in 1925 by Del Monte Cannery. By 1974, the building had been painted a rich blue. That same year, it was a distribution point of a massive food giveaway conducted by the Hearst family in response to [[SLA Demands "Gesture of Good Faith"\|ransom demands of the Symbionese Liberation Army]], the kidnappers of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. Today the building houses corporate offices, and life science and technology firms that value its proximity to UCSF’s new Mission Bay campus. That a ballpark could be built at a site so key to the economic vitality of an earlier San Francisco reminds us of just how [[A Waterfront Planned: The 1990s and the New Millennium\|outmoded The Port had become]] by the late 20th century, left in the wake of the container ship.

			[[Image:Odoul before park4.jpg]]

			'''McCovey Cove when it was still China Basin, 1996.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:Before park3 from water.jpg]]

			'''Look across water at site of Giant's Ballpark in 1996, several years before construction began.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	[[Image:soma1$cove-before-ballpark.jpg]]		[[Image:soma1$cove-before-ballpark.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 20:25, 21 March 2013

2013-03-21T20:25:29Z

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	'''The ballpark also displaced tugboat docking. The mouth of Mission Creek was christened "McCovey Cove" after the legendary Giants first baseman, and to market the home runs expected to "splash down" in it.'''		'''The ballpark also displaced tugboat docking. The mouth of Mission Creek was christened "McCovey Cove" after the legendary Giants first baseman, and to market the home runs expected to "splash down" in it.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:Mccovey-statue 1709.jpg]]

			'''A statue of Willie McCovey at the mouth of the cove that now has his name, at least as designated by the Giants, who not only have the ballpark on the north shore, but a huge development plan for the southern acres adjacent to this small park.'''

	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

Ccarlsson: added new content, changed it to Historical Essay

2013-03-21T20:21:32Z

added new content, changed it to Historical Essay

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	'''<font face = ~~arial light~~> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>~~Unfinished History~~</font></font> </font>'''		'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

			''by Abigail Johnston / Potrero Hill Archives Project''

			[[Image:Port-Walk-Then72.jpg\|720px\|thumb]]

			'''Port walk along then China Basin, now known as McCovey Cove, c. 1930s.'''

			''Photo: Potrero Hill Archives Project''

			[[Image:Port-walk-2010-w-raised-3rd-st-bridge 8681.jpg]]

			'''Similar view, July 4, 2010, with the 3rd Street Bridge raised.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			Before Giants fans strolled the Portwalk adjacent to AT&T Park, stevedores and switch locomotives plied the same stretch of pier to move cargo between freighters moored in the China Basin channel and the warehouse located where the ballpark stands today. Pavement set with plaques commemorating the feats of Giants stars has replaced the train tracks, and the stadium’s right field wall mimics the warehouse’s arched windows. On game days, in what is now known as McCovey Cove, ferries deliver fans to the park and kayakers vie for splash hits where a drydock, perhaps on its way to being scrapped, temporarily floated.

			Beyond the Third Street Bridge in both photos hunkers the China Basin Building, built in 1925 by Del Monte Cannery. By 1974, the building had been painted a rich blue. That same year, it was a distribution point of a massive food giveaway conducted by the Hearst family in response to [[SLA Demands "Gesture of Good Faith"\|ransom demands of the Symbionese Liberation Army]], the kidnappers of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. Today the building houses corporate offices, and life science and technology firms that value its proximity to UCSF’s new Mission Bay campus. That a ballpark could be built at a site so key to the economic vitality of an earlier San Francisco reminds us of just how [[A Waterfront Planned: The 1990s and the New Millennium\|outmoded The Port had become]] by the late 20th century, left in the wake of the container ship.

	[[Image:soma1$cove-before-ballpark.jpg]]		[[Image:soma1$cove-before-ballpark.jpg]]

Texteradmin at 03:42, 21 August 2009

2009-08-21T03:42:18Z

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Texteradmin at 03:57, 20 August 2009

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Lisaruth at 00:21, 19 January 2009

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Lisaruth: changed from water tour to shoreline tour, added page content type

2009-01-05T01:29:50Z

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	'''~~Willie Mays Field and some of the warehouses it replaced.~~'''		'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:soma1$cove-before-ballpark.jpg]]		[[Image:soma1$cove-before-ballpark.jpg]]

	'''The mouth of Mission Creek, now "McCovey Cove," before the ballpark was built.'''		'''The mouth of Mission Creek, now "McCovey Cove," before the ballpark was built and replaced these warehouses.'''

	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
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	[[Image:soma1$pacbell-and-mccovey-cove.jpg]]		[[Image:soma1$pacbell-and-mccovey-cove.jpg]]

	'''The ballpark displaced ~~a number of old waterfront warehouses, as well as~~ tugboat docking. The mouth of Mission Creek was christened "McCovey Cove" after the legendary Giants first baseman, and to market the home runs expected to "splash down" in it.'''		'''The ballpark also displaced tugboat docking. The mouth of Mission Creek was christened "McCovey Cove" after the legendary Giants first baseman, and to market the home runs expected to "splash down" in it.'''

	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	[[Image:~~water~~-tour-button~~-new~~.jpg]] [[~~The Adams House: 300 Pennsylvania~~\|--> ~~Water~~ Tour]]		[[Image:Shoreline-tour-button.jpg]] [[WATER LOT SPECULATION\|--> Shoreline Tour]]

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