Winter Weather Outlook in Pictures
For a complete chronology and links to many more photos see Evacuation underway at 330 Esplanade: http://adequatebird.com/2009/12/17/evacuation-underway-at-330-esplanade/ See all of my pictures of the...
View ArticlePacifica Settles Lawsuit with AIMCO and Starts Drainage Pipe Project
Noticed at the south edge of the 380 Esplanade (The Bluffs, AIMCO) was the Coastal Commission’s mandatory notice of planned work, as well as dire evidence of the need for the work (click a picture for...
View ArticleRain causes headaches along Pacifica coast (Photos)
Rain causes headaches along Pacifica coast It is early in the winter 2010 season and already unmistakable signs of fresh groundwater erosion are visible beneath the buildings along Esplanade Avenue in...
View ArticleRainwater Continues to Undermine Esplanade Buildings
News of additional erosion under one or more buildings along Esplanade brought out both TV and print reporters and residents were treated to a hovering helicopter and a news van with bright lights on...
View ArticleWinter Storm Further Erodes Esplanade Avenue Bluff, City to Call Meeting
Winter Storm Further Erodes Esplanade Avenue Bluff, City to Call Meeting by Camden Swita, Pacifica Patch Swita reports that Pacifica building official Doug Rider plans to call a meeting next week with...
View ArticleThose Buildings on the Cliff in Pacifica Are Slipping, Still
SFist: Those Buildings on the Cliff in Pacifica Are Slipping, Still.
View Article340 Esplanade May Be At Risk
Erosion continued behind the buildings along Esplanade Ave in Pacifica, CA. Most notable, and downright scary, is a nearly unsupported patio behind 340 Esplanade. (Click an image for a larger version.)...
View ArticleSeawall Armor Below Land’s End (Photos)
Those squares of reinforced steel cement represent portions of a sprayed cement “shotcrete” wall with soil nails. I can see how they’ll eventually link up. I guess they’ll have to go almost up to the...
View ArticleJune 2011 Esplanade Update: 340, 330, 320
340 Esplanade Patio Damage In today’s San Mateo County Times article “Mother Nature threatens more Pacifica cliff apartment dwellers” by Julia Scott we learned that 340 Esplanade is the latest...
View ArticleEsplanade Ave from the Air – April 3, 2012
To see all sizes of these images, go to the Flickr set at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisd2006/sets/72157629424667198/ To see all of the pictures I took on our flight from Half Moon Bay airport to...
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