Crane Cove Park Explained

Crane Cove Park is a 7acres urban park in Potrero Point, San Francisco, California, located on the city's east-facing waterfront. The park opened in 2020.^{[1] [2]} The site used to be a shipbuilding site occupied by the Union Iron Works and the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.^[3]

The park surrounds a large sloped concrete ramp leading to the water and features outlines of various ships launched there, as well as an outline of a segment of the BART Transbay Tube, built and launched there between 1965 and 1969.^[4]

The park's name refers to the presence on the waterfront of two historic cranes, called Nick and Nora after the characters in the "Thin Man" films of the '30s and '40s.^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Crane Cove Park Port of San Francisco. 2021-09-13. sfport.com.
2. Web site: Crane Cove Park. 2021-09-13. AECOM. en-US.
3. Web site: sfpa-kearstin. Crane Cove. 2021-09-13. San Francisco Parks Alliance. en-US.
4. Web site: SFGATE. Tessa McLean. 2020-10-27. SF's newest park is nothing like any other in the city. And that's a good thing.. 2021-09-13. SFGATE. en-US.
5. Web site: 2020-10-22. Crane Cove Park opens near Mission Bay — with sandy beaches and grassy lawns. 2021-09-13. hoodline.com. en.