Talk of the Point

That bookstore you may have been anticipating at 5 West Richmond, within a pint bottle’s throw from the wig-wags, isn’t going to happen. The story is coming soon and until then I know nothing.

Ever since the last “Subway’s moving in!” scare, I’ve meant to get an opinion from the man who represents big landlords around here. You can’t miss all the Cushman & Wakefield signs around town, and on just about every one is John Troughten’s name.

No one I know wants another fast-food joint here. Starbucks is just […]

If it hadn’t been so scary, it would have been heartwarming. There they were, gathered around the fire at the Plunge on Wednesday night: the former mayor, a firefighter-union leader, and firefighters who remembered the Plunge from childhood.

It all went like this, according to the Contra Costa Times: At about 10 p.m, former mayor Rosemary […]

Lucretia Edward died last Wednesday night after months of failing health. I knew her name better than I knew her face, having heard her name often and seen her in person rarely. In particular, I remember the last time I saw her as she sat toward the front at one Neighborhood Council meeting. There she […]

Everything was going along so smoothly for Point Richmond Gateway, LLC, and now this. Correspondent Walter Connolly was up late one night, thinking…

I drew up an alternative location for the Trainmaster Building that keeps Cutting Blvd open and has parking for the Plunge…I was thinking about 3 a.m. one morning and thought why not draw […]

Twenty years ago: the Point hosted swarms of choppers. Today: tall bikes and the Tall Bike Posse–possibly California’s first organized group.

You may have seen Rosamaria’s Cafe owner Mike Nova riding around town. He’s been joined recently by Andrew Butt and Jack (whose last name we don’t yet know; he’s the tall guy with a leather […]

Sallie DeWitt has a vision I think is worth a look.

She imagines the Point’s center triangle cleared out. The fire station and community center have moved to a new site close by. In their place is a well-planned space that–thanks to the good design and other forces–is dominated by people most people would be happy […]

Simple correspondent Walter Connolly has filed this report from his bunker overlooking the Point Richmond Gateway project and the controversy surrounding it.

The planning design review approved a park, but the permit set of drawings has replaced the park with parking. The parking there would count toward the required parking for the for-profit project (the “plunge […]

It took a lot of work–much of it in volunteer time by the Point’s own Fred Arm–but the federally-mandated quiet zones may be here by early November.

See the Contra Costa Times story.

Watch for new hell fire rising over the Point Richmond Gateway plan. Walter Connolly posted this today as a comment to “Is Point Richmond Gateway, LLC a simple company?” He alleges the plan is illegal.

This lacks any study of the impact of the trainmaster’s building on Washington School, the Plunge, Cafe Altura, Pratum Books, the […]