Editing Richmond, California (section)

==Attractions and landmarks==
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The city of Richmond has dozens of parks, national historic parks, and 10 sites listed under the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

===Point Richmond===
[[File:Point Richmond, Richmond, California.jpg|thumb|Point Richmond is one of the city's widely known neighborhoods; the Richmond Chevron Refinery and the marshlands are in the background.]]
[[Point Richmond]], a neighborhood in Richmond, is known for its small-town appearance. ''The Point'', as it is known by locals, offers owner-operated stores, coffee shops, historic benches, and streetlights. [[The Masquers Playhouse]] is a performing arts center that offers shows and productions year round. Hotel Mac is one of the oldest buildings in the area and has classic early 20th century architecture, like many other buildings in the area. There is also [[The Plunge]], a natatorium which had been closed due to seismic safety issues but was re-opened in August 2010 after the retrofitting was completed. The city expressed a desire to demolish the building at one point, but this was halted by the actions of a neighborhood preservation campaign which continues its mission to "''Save the Plunge!''".

The [[Richmond–San Rafael Bridge]] extends {{convert|5.5|mi|km|1}} across San Pablo Bay, entering Richmond just to the north of Point Richmond. The bridge is the origin of the term ''rollercoaster span'', due to its curves, bumps, and appearance, which have also earned the bridge the nickname of ''the rollercoaster bridge''. It was completed in 1957, and connects Contra Costa County with [[Marin County]]. Automobiles are charged a [[USD|$]]6 toll in the westbound (towards Marin) direction only.

The Richmond Chevron Refinery occupies most of the land north of Point Richmond and the eastern end of the bridge. Some areas of this northern section are protected and publicly accessible, including Point Molate Beach Park, a park on the western coast of Richmond along Western Drive. It was originally a Chinese shrimp camp in the 1870s. On the northern end, near [[Point San Pablo]], there is a yacht harbor that accommodates hundreds of private boats.

===Brickyard Cove===
The Ferry Point Tunnel is one of the oldest tunnels in California, connecting Point Richmond with Brickyard Cove to the south. Built in 1899, this structure still gives access to many attractions and neighborhoods in Brickyard Cove. The tunnel goes to the Golden State Railroad Museum, the USS ''Red Oak Victory'', and many beaches and parks, and to Ferry Point where an abandoned ferry-rail pier stands with a historic ferry slip still standing, though somewhat damaged by fire. It can be viewed from an adjacent fishing pier.

[[File:VIEW OF REAR OF FREIGHT HOUSE AND SANTA FE RAILROAD DEPOT, FACING WEST - Santa Fe Railroad Depot, 101 Garrard Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA HABS CAL,7-RICH,5-6.tif|thumb|right|Santa Fe Railroad Depot]]
The Santa Fe Railroad established ferry service to San Francisco in 1900 and later built a station that operated as the western terminus for the railroad from 1903 to 1992. It has now been transformed into a museum to exemplify the feel of the terminal in that era. The [[Golden State Railroad Museum]] is a complex series of model railroad layouts in a museum in the Brickyard Cove area of Point Richmond. A visitor can operate trains of various eras, and there are miniature freight and passenger terminals, trestles, tunnels, and meticulously detailed town and city scenes, many of which are copied from real life scenes of the 1950s.

Keller Beach is one of the city's beaches, located at Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline, a park in Brickyard Cove. It offers picnicking, sunbathing, wading, and swimming. The beach is overlooked by vehicles exiting the Brickyard Cove drive, Ferry Point tunnel and houses on the steep cliffs above. The beach, as with most of the cove, offers spectacular panoramic bay views of the Oakland hills, bridges, the San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate.

===Southern waterfront / Shipyards===
[[File:RedOakVictory2.JPG|thumb|The [[SS Red Oak Victory (AK-235)|''Red Oak Victory'']] at Ferry Point in Brickyard Cove, 2006]]
Further east, the {{USS|Red Oak Victory|AK-235|6}} is a restored World War II [[Victory ship]], the 558th ship made in Richmond. It is moored in the former Richmond Shipyard No. 3. [[Liberty ship|Liberty]] and Victory ships built in Richmond transported troops and supplies during World War II.

East across the Harbor/Santa Fe Channel, the [[Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park]] is in Richmond, and commemorates women's shipbuilding and support for the war effort in the 1940s. The visitor's center is in a small utility building next to the former Ford Assembly Plant. Regular ferry service is provided to San Francisco from the [[Richmond Ferry Terminal]] via [[San Francisco Bay Ferry]].

This area is connected by the [[San Francisco Bay Trail]] to several city parks along the waterfront, including Lucretia Edwards Shoreline Park, Marina Bay Park and the Rosie the Riveter Memorial, Barbara and Jay Vincent Park, and Shimada Friendship Park. The Bay Trail continues past these parks further southeast to [[Point Isabel Regional Shoreline]] and beyond to parks in El Cerrito, Albany, and Berkeley.

[[File:Rosieriveterwecan.gif|thumb|"[[We Can Do It!]]" image used in a marker designating the [[Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park]]]]

===Civic Center===
During World War II the city sprawled and its population increased dramatically. This led city leaders to construct the Richmond Civic Center, with buildings completed between 1949 and 1957. This center houses the city hall, a small convention center, library, hall of justice, police headquarters, and arts center.

Architectural Forum magazine called the new Memorial Civic Center: "a milestone in U.S. civic design: it is the first modern Civic Center built in any American city: and it is one of the most comprehensive centers constructed anywhere in the world."<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the library |access-date=2024-08-12 |url=https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/1128/About-the-Library}}</ref>

The Richmond Public Library, the only public library independent of the Contra Costa County Public Libraries system, lies in the heart of the civic center. It houses over 204,686 books, 4,014 audio materials, 5,277 video materials, and 491 serial subscriptions.<ref name="richmonddata"/>

===Offshore===
East Brother Light Station on East Brother Island (one of the [[The Brothers (San Francisco Bay)|Brother Islands]]) is host to an exclusive [[bed and breakfast]]. It is only accessible by private boat. Visitors come and stay for the day and picnic for free or they may pay for a room.

The [[Brooks Island Regional Preserve]] is on an island south of the Shipyards.

===Others===
The city is also home to a radio controlled model airplane airport, [[Breuner Airfield]] that is located in [[Breuner Marsh]] a contested piece of land near Point Pinole Regional Park in the Parchester Village neighborhood.

The city's cemeteries include [[Rolling Hills Memorial Park]] and [[St. Joseph Cemetery (Richmond, California)|St. Joseph Cemetery]].