FERRY+BUILDING+FEATURES

We are waiting on the school bus stuck in traffic. The bus finally pulls up to the curb and I step onto the busy sidewalk. I’m at the Ferry Building! I look at the amazing building made by A. Page brown I can’t wait to go inside. My dad shows us where THE GREAT SEAL OF CALIFORNIA is and where he works. It’s an amazing view of the Bay. My group and I sketch the view. Before I know it, it’s time to go back to the bus. We go outside to the busy sidewalk. There is no bus yet, so the whole group tries some sour rout and sorbet. The bus finally pulls up to the curb we get on- and it’s time to go back to school. It was so much fun! Hope you get to get to go too!

 INFORMAITON ABOUT THE FERRY BUILDING The Ferry Building opened in 1898 and was designed by A. Page Brown. (Back then, the only way to get to the Ferry Building was on ferries.)When the Ferry Building opened, around 50,000 people a day came to see the Ferry Building! Long ago the Ferry Building was wooden, but it is not wooden today. On the first floor of the Ferry Building there is 65,000 square feet and the second and third floors have 175,000 square feet. When the automobiles came out, there was a lot of automobile traffic near the Ferry Building. The Ferry Building is the only Historic Landmark that has ferries that come and go! Ferries come and go to Larkspur, Sausalito, Vallejo and Alameda. The Ferry Building has a huge 245 foot-clock tower based after the clock tower in Grialda Cathedralin Seville, Spain. The Ferry Building has been a Historic Landmark for more then 100 years! The Ferry building has a farmers market outside that is only open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Visitors come from Asia and Europe just to go to the Ferry Building!