Arroyo Park & Tennis Courts

 

This photo, taken from the south end of the park, shows a corner of the tennis courts available to the public when not in use by the Union City Leisure Services Department.

Union City Bart Improvements

 

Using a hunk of state sales tax dollars, this is a joint funded project with the 'Fedral' Government. Apparently money wasn't used in proofreading the sign, so they will be able to spend those extra dollars in making sure the parking lot is even better than it was.

Blommer Chocolate Factory

 

The Bommer Chocolate Factory. They make chocolate and the smell wafts over the city. We've been known to stop at one stop sign right around the corner from Blommer and just sit with the windows down while they're brewing up a batch of chocolate.

Fire Station #4

 

Union City Fire Station #4, 35000 Eastin Ct.

Fire Station #3

 

Union City Fire Station #3, 33948 10th Street.

Fire Station #2

  Union City Fire Station #2, 31600 Alvarado Blvd.

Fire Station #1

 

Union City Fire Station #1 33555 Central Avenue.

Union City Police Station

Here is Union City's Police Station.

Alvarado-Niles Exit

 

This is what it looks like where I get off the freeway. This is the Alvarado-Niles exit from southbound I-880.

Post Office

 

The US Post Office. Every ZIP code has one, and this is ours.

BART Parking

 

The future new extended BART parking lot. The only problem is that the BART station is on the other side of the train tracks. And the fence with barbed wire on top. And the BART tracks. How will it work out? Nobody knows yet.

Better Water Service

 

Water Works.

This monument marks the site where on October 22, 1976 the first Decoto Area connection was made to the Alameda County Water District. It is dedicated to the outstanding efforts of the community organization "People for Better Water" let by Irene Vincent and to Al Redd who worked toward this goal for 15 years.

Alameda Creek Trail

 

For this week's photo, I took a journey, at no small personal expence to the Alameda Creek Trail. The parking lot, or "Staging Area" as the East Bay Regional Parks District calls it is at the end of Lowry Road, behind Fire Station #4. I looked at the map, and it didn't seem like such a far distance, but once I go there and picked up a map, I found that it is 3.91 miles. Some day, I'll have to prepare for an eight mile hike and go all the way out to the bay.

For this journey, I walked a little further than a mile for this shot, at the Alameda Creek Ponding Area, looking back across the city of Union City towards the Hayward Hills.

Union City Trail

The Union City Trail crosses Royal Ann Drive here, just a block away from the Union City Civic Center. During the wet season, the dry canal is filled with storm water, but in June, it's bone dry.

Space Station

The first posting in the Union City, CA Weekly Photo Blog. We begin with the huge mystery building between the bus depot and Alvarado-Niles Road. What's it going to be? SkyVentures. Indoor skydiving.

31310 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587

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