A pair of Angel Island cottages designed by one of California's most famous architects will be rebuilt thanks to a fresh infusion of state money for the project.
After decades sitting abandoned to decay and a near date with the wrecking ball, the Angel Island Immigration Station historic hospital has opened as a museum.
Supervisor Proposes Resolution To Maintain Ferry Service To Angel Island As Operator Seeks To End It
Bay City News Service
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With the Blue & Gold Fleet possibly ending its ferry service from San Francisco to Angel Island, Supervisor Gordon Mar on Tuesday called for a resolution supporting continued service to the island to honor the estimated one million immigrants who were once detained there.
Blue & Gold Fleet announced in December that it was seeking to end the service due to declining ticket sales, filing a request to discontinue with the California Public Utilities Commission.
Between 1910 and 1940, the island was used as a station to enforce the country s Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and other immigration policies, with Asian immigrants being detained and interrogated there. More than 200 Chinese poems carved into the station s wall by detainees remain as evidence of the era.