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A Tour of Sausalito’s Marinship — A Working Waterfront at Risk

A Tour of Sausalito’s Marinship — A Working Waterfront at Risk is a film about the mariners, artists, fabricators, craftspeople and educators who spend their time and energy working along Sausalito’s historic waterfront. Told in their words, it is a point-in-time tour, a window into the treasure of innovation and creativity that is hidden in plain sight at our working waterfront.

In 2022, the Sausalito Working Waterfront Coalition (SWWC) invited us to a screening of the film’s first edition — a preview of what was to come. We rolled up to Spaulding Marine Center to share the evening with dozens of supporters, and we weren’t disappointed. The film was both informative and inspiring.

The film is now presented as a full-length documentary. The SWWC website introduces the film. “Sausalito’s Working Waterfront is an Ecosystem of maritime craftsmen, technology innovators, industrial fabricators, artists, artisans and educators. It is our city’s economic heart and cultural heritage.

​”We feature many in this documentary to highlight what a special place we have that is hidden here in plain view. Watch this documentary to understand why our community is so special. Let’s fight to save this special place and help to attract more companies to join our ecosystem.”

We’re probably all aware of the slow but obvious creep of gentrification across the Bay Area’s waterfront regions. Watch the film, and get an idea of the value held in the hands of these creative, innovative and energetic businesspeople. Get to know some of the people who make Sausalito a place like no other in the world!

Watch this informative documentary here.
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The Marinship is a viable hub of industry, innovation and creativity, and the film delves into many of the various businesses and organizations that are the life force of the historic waterfront district. We encourage you to take a look behind the scenes.

 

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1 Comments

  1. George DeVore 1 month ago

    Wow, that video was just awesome! So many skilled, talented people who are also articulate about what they do and their need for the kind of space and facilities available to them, for now, in Sausalito’s Marinship area. (The industrial owner’s loss of his leased space to someone who turned it into a huge man-cave was shockingly heartbreaking and even offensive.) As a longtime patron of expert services at Svendsen’s (when it existed) and KKMI Sausalito boatyards, I am both intrigued and worried about the long-term future of Marinship. If the Sausalito city council and even city population do not understand the economic and cultural value of Marinship, it seems destined to go the way of Alameda’s former working waterfront. I would like to understand how homes could ever be built on landfill that will require serious toxic remediation and mitigation of sea level rise. And does Sausalito want its economic future to depend solely on tourism?

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