California - Sausalito
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Sausalito is a city in Marin County, California, located 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of San Rafael, 4 miles (7 km) north of San Francisco.
Sausalito's population was 7,061 as of the 2010 census. The community is situated near the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and prior to the building of that bridge served as a terminus for rail, car, and ferry traffic.
Sausalito developed rapidly as a shipbuilding center in World War II, with its industrial character giving way in postwar years to a reputation as a wealthy and artistic enclave, a picturesque residential community (incorporating large numbers of houseboats), and a tourist destination. The city is adjacent to, and largely bounded by, the protected spaces of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
The name of Sausalito comes from Spanish sauzalito, meaning "small willow grove", from sauce "willow" + collective derivative -al meaning "place of abundance" + diminutive suffix -ito; with orthographic corruption from z to s due to seseo. Early variants of the name were Saucelito, San Salita, San Saulito, San Salito, Sancolito, Sancilito, Sousolito, Sousalita, Sousilito, Sausilito, and Sauz Saulita.
It is sometimes claimed that Sausalito was named for the district in Valparaíso, Chile where the bandit Joaquín Murrieta was born. Murrieta was the leader of bandits who settled at the northern end of the future Golden Gate bridge after being banned from San Francisco in the bandit wars. However, this theory cannot be true because Murrieta was from Mexico, not Chile, and because he did not arrive in California until the Gold Rush around 1849. The Rancho Saucelito had already been granted to William Richardson in 1838.
Located at 37°51′33″N 122°29′07″W, Sausalito encompasses both steep, wooded hillside and shoreline tidal flats. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2). Notably, only 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2) of it is land. A full 21.54% of the city (0.5 square miles, or 1.3 km2) is under water, and has been so since its founding in 1868. Prominent geographic features associated with Sausalito include Richardson Bay and Pine Point.
When Sausalito was formally platted, it was anticipated that future development might extend the shoreline with landfill, as had been the practice in neighboring San Francisco. As a result, entire streets, demarcated and given names like Pescadero, Eureka and Teutonia, remain beneath the surface of Richardson Bay. The legal, if not actual, presence of these streets has proved a contentious factor in public policy, because some houseboats float directly above them. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "State agencies say privately owned houseboats can't be located above the underwater streets because the streets are public trust lands intended for public benefit." The California State Lands Commission is reportedly pursuing a compromise which would move not the houseboats, but the theoretical streets instead.
Sausalito has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) with far lower temperatures than expected because of its adjacency to San Francisco Bay and the resultant onshore breezes.
Due to its location at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito receives a steady stream of visitors via the bridge (auto and bicycle traffic) and a ferry service from San Francisco. It retains one of the few ungated marinas in the Bay Area that attracts visitors.
The Sausalito houseboat community consists of more than 400 houseboats of various shapes, sizes, and values, along the north end of town, approximately two miles from downtown.
The roots of the houseboat community lie in the re-use of abandoned boats and material after the de-commissioning of the Marinship shipyards at the end of World War II. Many anchor-outs came to the area, which created problems with sanitation and other issues. After a series of tense confrontations in the 1970s and 1980s, additional regulations were applied to the area and the great majority of boats were relocated to approved docks. Several are architect-designed pieces that have been featured in major magazines. The Gates Co-op Houseboat Community remains to this day, although recent action has required them to fit city-standards of sanitation and building codes. There is a new dock, approved by the city, being built, where all residents will have to relocate to avoid legal action.
The humming toadfish makes mating noises underwater, keeping some residents awake at night.
(Wikipedia)
Sausalito ist eine Stadt im Marin County im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien, direkt an der Bucht von San Francisco. Der Name der Stadt ist spanischen Ursprungs und lautete anfänglich "Saucelito", was auf Deutsch "kleine Weide" bedeutet.
Ursprünglich lebten Miwok im Gebiet des heutigen Sausalito. Frühe Entdecker aus Europa (der erste war der Spanier Don José de Cañizares im Jahr 1775) beschreiben sie als freundlich und hilfsbereit. Binnen weniger Generationen nahmen die Einwanderer jedoch ihren Platz ein.
Durch die geographische Nähe zum Golden Gate sollte sich das Gebiet in und um Sausalito auch als militärisch bedeutsam herausstellen, zunächst im Mexikanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg, später im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Am östlichen Ende des Golden Gate lag bereits ab 1783 ein spanisches Fort mit 33 Mann, das unter der offiziellen Bezeichnung Presidio zum wichtigsten strategischen Punkt an der US-Westküste geworden ist. Während der Zeit der Prohibition war Sausalito außerdem ein beliebter Ort bei Rum-Schmugglern.
Sausalito liegt auf 37° 51' 75" Nord, 122° 29' 25" West. Die Stadt belegt eine Fläche von 5,8 km² von denen 0,9 km² (15,18 %) aus Wasserflächen bestehen.
Nach Zahlen aus dem Jahr 2000 gibt es 7330 Einwohner, 4254 Haushalte und 1663 Familien. Die Bevölkerungsdichte liegt bei 1489,5 Personen pro km². Das mittlere Pro-Kopf-Einkommen von $ 81.040 gehört zu den höchsten in den USA.
Vor dem Ort liegen in der Bucht weitere Hausboote und Eigenbau-Konstruktionen. Sie werden überwiegend von Menschen außerhalb der Statistiken bewohnt.
Durch seine Lage am nördlichen Ende der Golden Gate Bridge hat Sausalito relativ viele Besucher. Von der Autobahnausfahrt führt eine kleine Stichstraße auf einen Hügel mit einem Aussichtspunkt, der einen Blick auf die Golden Gate Bridge und die Bucht von San Francisco ermöglicht.
Auch über den Wasserweg kommen viele Touristen in die Stadt. Neunmal täglich verkehrt eine Fähre zwischen dem Hafen Sausalitos und dem Ferry Building in San Francisco. Neben einer Hausbootkolonie verläuft eine Promenade vorbei an Läden und Restaurants mit Blick auf Alcatraz und die Skyline von San Francisco.
Der Roman Der Seewolf von Jack London beginnt damit, dass der Ich-Erzähler Humphrey van Weyden sich nach einem im Mill Valley verbrachten Wochenende am Montagmorgen auf dem Rückweg von Sausalito nach San Francisco befindet, als die Fähre im dichten Nebel von einem Dampfer gerammt und versenkt wird. Van Weyden wird später von dem auslaufenden Robbenschoner des Wolf Larsen, des „Seewolfs“, aufgefischt.
(Wikipedia)
California - Sausalito
Houseboats
Hausboote
Sausalito is a city in Marin County, California, located 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of San Rafael, 4 miles (7 km) north of San Francisco.
Sausalito's population was 7,061 as of the 2010 census. The community is situated near the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and prior to the building of that bridge served as a terminus for rail, car, and ferry traffic.
Sausalito developed rapidly as a shipbuilding center in World War II, with its industrial character giving way in postwar years to a reputation as a wealthy and artistic enclave, a picturesque residential community (incorporating large numbers of houseboats), and a tourist destination. The city is adjacent to, and largely bounded by, the protected spaces of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
The name of Sausalito comes from Spanish sauzalito, meaning "small willow grove", from sauce "willow" + collective derivative -al meaning "place of abundance" + diminutive suffix -ito; with orthographic corruption from z to s due to seseo. Early variants of the name were Saucelito, San Salita, San Saulito, San Salito, Sancolito, Sancilito, Sousolito, Sousalita, Sousilito, Sausilito, and Sauz Saulita.
It is sometimes claimed that Sausalito was named for the district in Valparaíso, Chile where the bandit Joaquín Murrieta was born. Murrieta was the leader of bandits who settled at the northern end of the future Golden Gate bridge after being banned from San Francisco in the bandit wars. However, this theory cannot be true because Murrieta was from Mexico, not Chile, and because he did not arrive in California until the Gold Rush around 1849. The Rancho Saucelito had already been granted to William Richardson in 1838.
Located at 37°51′33″N 122°29′07″W, Sausalito encompasses both steep, wooded hillside and shoreline tidal flats. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2). Notably, only 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2) of it is land. A full 21.54% of the city (0.5 square miles, or 1.3 km2) is under water, and has been so since its founding in 1868. Prominent geographic features associated with Sausalito include Richardson Bay and Pine Point.
When Sausalito was formally platted, it was anticipated that future development might extend the shoreline with landfill, as had been the practice in neighboring San Francisco. As a result, entire streets, demarcated and given names like Pescadero, Eureka and Teutonia, remain beneath the surface of Richardson Bay. The legal, if not actual, presence of these streets has proved a contentious factor in public policy, because some houseboats float directly above them. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "State agencies say privately owned houseboats can't be located above the underwater streets because the streets are public trust lands intended for public benefit." The California State Lands Commission is reportedly pursuing a compromise which would move not the houseboats, but the theoretical streets instead.
Sausalito has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) with far lower temperatures than expected because of its adjacency to San Francisco Bay and the resultant onshore breezes.
Due to its location at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito receives a steady stream of visitors via the bridge (auto and bicycle traffic) and a ferry service from San Francisco. It retains one of the few ungated marinas in the Bay Area that attracts visitors.
The Sausalito houseboat community consists of more than 400 houseboats of various shapes, sizes, and values, along the north end of town, approximately two miles from downtown.
The roots of the houseboat community lie in the re-use of abandoned boats and material after the de-commissioning of the Marinship shipyards at the end of World War II. Many anchor-outs came to the area, which created problems with sanitation and other issues. After a series of tense confrontations in the 1970s and 1980s, additional regulations were applied to the area and the great majority of boats were relocated to approved docks. Several are architect-designed pieces that have been featured in major magazines. The Gates Co-op Houseboat Community remains to this day, although recent action has required them to fit city-standards of sanitation and building codes. There is a new dock, approved by the city, being built, where all residents will have to relocate to avoid legal action.
The humming toadfish makes mating noises underwater, keeping some residents awake at night.
(Wikipedia)
Sausalito ist eine Stadt im Marin County im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien, direkt an der Bucht von San Francisco. Der Name der Stadt ist spanischen Ursprungs und lautete anfänglich "Saucelito", was auf Deutsch "kleine Weide" bedeutet.
Ursprünglich lebten Miwok im Gebiet des heutigen Sausalito. Frühe Entdecker aus Europa (der erste war der Spanier Don José de Cañizares im Jahr 1775) beschreiben sie als freundlich und hilfsbereit. Binnen weniger Generationen nahmen die Einwanderer jedoch ihren Platz ein.
Durch die geographische Nähe zum Golden Gate sollte sich das Gebiet in und um Sausalito auch als militärisch bedeutsam herausstellen, zunächst im Mexikanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg, später im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Am östlichen Ende des Golden Gate lag bereits ab 1783 ein spanisches Fort mit 33 Mann, das unter der offiziellen Bezeichnung Presidio zum wichtigsten strategischen Punkt an der US-Westküste geworden ist. Während der Zeit der Prohibition war Sausalito außerdem ein beliebter Ort bei Rum-Schmugglern.
Sausalito liegt auf 37° 51' 75" Nord, 122° 29' 25" West. Die Stadt belegt eine Fläche von 5,8 km² von denen 0,9 km² (15,18 %) aus Wasserflächen bestehen.
Nach Zahlen aus dem Jahr 2000 gibt es 7330 Einwohner, 4254 Haushalte und 1663 Familien. Die Bevölkerungsdichte liegt bei 1489,5 Personen pro km². Das mittlere Pro-Kopf-Einkommen von $ 81.040 gehört zu den höchsten in den USA.
Vor dem Ort liegen in der Bucht weitere Hausboote und Eigenbau-Konstruktionen. Sie werden überwiegend von Menschen außerhalb der Statistiken bewohnt.
Durch seine Lage am nördlichen Ende der Golden Gate Bridge hat Sausalito relativ viele Besucher. Von der Autobahnausfahrt führt eine kleine Stichstraße auf einen Hügel mit einem Aussichtspunkt, der einen Blick auf die Golden Gate Bridge und die Bucht von San Francisco ermöglicht.
Auch über den Wasserweg kommen viele Touristen in die Stadt. Neunmal täglich verkehrt eine Fähre zwischen dem Hafen Sausalitos und dem Ferry Building in San Francisco. Neben einer Hausbootkolonie verläuft eine Promenade vorbei an Läden und Restaurants mit Blick auf Alcatraz und die Skyline von San Francisco.
Der Roman Der Seewolf von Jack London beginnt damit, dass der Ich-Erzähler Humphrey van Weyden sich nach einem im Mill Valley verbrachten Wochenende am Montagmorgen auf dem Rückweg von Sausalito nach San Francisco befindet, als die Fähre im dichten Nebel von einem Dampfer gerammt und versenkt wird. Van Weyden wird später von dem auslaufenden Robbenschoner des Wolf Larsen, des „Seewolfs“, aufgefischt.
(Wikipedia)