The Return of the Red Baron to Emeryville | Marin IJ

E’ville Mudflats – Past & Present

One of the original “guerrilla” artists behind the Emeryville Mudflat sculptures has reemerged to bring back an E’ville icon, the Red Baron (this time under more “legitimate” circumstances). Tyler Hoare, a 72 year old Berkeley resident who works out his studio in Albany, created the original piece back in 1975 when he was 35.
He unveiled his new version of the aircraft last Saturday at the Emeryville mud flats next to Chevy’s. It will join his existing Snoopy Sopwith Camel plane installation. The Red Baron and Sopwith Camel planes each measure about 12 x 10 x 6 ft., and last typically five years before the elements

Emeryville mud flat sculptures revisited | The Big Event

Photo: Jerry Telfer, SF Chronicle 1977

One of the most highly trafficked posts in this blog is actually a repost of an Emeryville Mudflat Sculptures article on SFGate. I guess it’s a testimony to the enduring memory and allure of these mysterious “Landmarks”. Credit San Francisco Chronicle “Pop culture critic” writer Peter Hartlaub (whom I actually worked with at our college newspaper) for helping keep the memory alive by unearthing these twenty great photos from the Chronicle photo morgue.

There’s also a fascinating pic in the lower Gallery that details a 1970 bombing of an Emeryville Doggie Diner that was targeted at the Emeryville Police Department. Apparently the 70’s were some wild times in E’Ville! |  SFGate.com blog »

Photo: Greg Peterson, SF Chronicle 1970

E’ville: City Where Art Flourishes | SFGate

Emeryville, an industrial center that languished for years, changed its image in the 1990s by becoming an arts center. In the early 20th century, the city was also known for its gambling houses, speakeasies, racetracks and brothels. In recent years, Emeryville not only cleaned up its industrial areas but also welcomed companies such as Pixar Animation Studios and biotech and software firms. In 1990, the city approved an Art in Public Places program, and, since then, the arts have flourished | Read More »

Gone But Not Forgotten: Emeryville Mudflat Sculptures

I ran across this 2008 post while reminiscing with a co-worker recently. Probably my first memory of Emeryville … before I knew where Emeryville was. The author describes it perfectly. It was one of the few spots along the way to wherever you were going with your parents that you might actually stop bickering with your sibling or reading comics just to catch a glimpse of the oddity of seeing an arbitrarily placed sculpture of Snoopy.

A piece of Hollywood trivia: The mudflats were actually featured in the 1971 movie “Harold & Maude”. A piece of Emeryville History worth preserving | The Poop on SFGate »

Emeryville’s role in winning the Civil War

Who knew Emeryville was a focal point of the civil war on the West Coast? This article references Camp Downey, an Infantry training camp located on a tract now occupied by Emeryville City Hall and Pixar Studios. SJ Mercury News »