SF’s Dogpatch pier district braces for renewal (AP)

by Blogburger on February 7, 2012

In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo, Allen Gross works on his historic 19th century sailboat at a shipyard near Pier 70 in San Francisco. The city intends to overhaul historic Pier 70, a rough-and-tumble neighborhood sitting at the foot of Potrero Hill, filled with 150-year-old industrial buildings, canneries, dry docks and plenty of maritime lore. The 1,000 some residents, artists and small business owners, shipyard workers, fisherman and boat builders are passionate about their historic surroundings and lifestyle and want to be appeased. 'I don't think the people in the city staff positions understand the nuances of what happens down here,' said Gross, a retired San Francisco Opera set carpenter who is restoring the Folly, a wooden cutter built in 1889 and one of the oldest boats on the San Francisco Bay. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP – There’s a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up against first-class ocean liners docked for repair.



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