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Solvent Cleanup Completed at Point

Dec 17,2020

A liquid solvent that is able to dissolve other substances can run, but it can’t hide from investigators, even 20 feet below ground. A toxic cleaning solvent called trichloroethane (TCE) was used to degrease metal parts in industrial operations at the Navy’s aircraft repair facility.

City of Alameda &nbsp&nbsp This view looks across the wetland park planned for the west side of the Seaplane Lagoon at Alameda Point. The city hopes to remove the pavement currently at the site and return it to nature.

City to Seek Wetland Park Funding

Sep 24,2020

The proposed ecological wetland park at Alameda Point, known as DePave Park, is another step closer to becoming a reality. On Sept. 15, four members of the city council gave thumbs up to moving forward with seeking a $2 million grant to pay for a master planning process.

Richard Bangert &nbsp&nbsp Alameda Housing Authority’s six-unit townhouse apartment buildings, on the left and top center of photo, are in the process of demolition at a cost of approximately $2.5 million. Exact same units on the right were rehabbed and are now being rented for $4,205 to $4,265.

City Demolishing Housing at Landing

Sep 15,2020

Units could have housed homeless

Farewell, MARAD?

Aug 20,2020

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is seeking bids for a new berthing port for a fleet of ships that are currently docked at Alameda Point.

Richard Bangert &nbsp&nbsp Trucks are delivering soil to the western end of Alameda Point to stabilize the shoreline, one more step toward creating a recreational area.

Navy Stabilizing Point’s Shoreline

Aug 27,2019

The Navy made significant headway in June and July on its third and final soil-cover project at the Alameda Point. Trucks are hauling some 7,289 loads of soil from an East Bay Municipal Utility District soil-storage site in Castro Valley.

Photos by Richard Bangert &nbsp&nbsp The taxiway at the northeast corner of Seaplane Lagoon reaches toward San Francisco in a June fog bank. Alameda Partners will oversee the construction of Phase 1 of the waterfront park on this taxiway. Workers recently removed the concrete pavement here. They are crushing it for reuse under new streets and as base material under new exterior structures and surfaces.

Demolition Underway at Alameda Point

Jun 21,2018

Developer finding ways to recycle building material

Richard Bangert &nbsp&nbsp Tetra Tech Workers clean up at Alameda Point in this 2007 photograph.

Navy’s Cleanup Drawing Scrutiny

Jun 14,2018

Data in question after falsified reports from San Francisco

City of Alameda &nbsp&nbsp This view of Block 9 at Alameda Point’s Site A looks south on Orion Street toward today’s West Atlantic Avenue. If all goes as planned, a 200-unit apartment complex with 10,000 square feet of commercial space will occupy the site.

‘Block 9’ Heads Before Planning

Apr 03,2018

Revised Alameda Point plan aims to redevelop block near East Gate jet

Alameda Point Partners &nbsp&nbsp If all goes as scheduled, buildings like these will soon rise at Alameda Point.

Site A Construction Poised to Begin

Mar 08,2018

Council set to consider amended development deal

ABC 7 News &nbsp&nbsp A big rig tows a rocket from Building 397 on the way to a test on the former Naval Air Station runways.

Company Testing Rocket Technology

Feb 20,2018

Last Friday afternoon, the pilot of ABC’s news helicopter Sky7 decided to take a spin over Alameda Point. What he saw and his helicopter photographed set the aeronautics community buzzing.

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