It appears that the run of Craneway Pickleball and Assemble Kitchen Restaurant is over. It is a mystery why the City of Richmond and the RPA-controlled City Council allowed this
illegal use in the first place after they were advised by the State lands Commission that it did not conform to the restrict\ions of the Public Trust. The City owns the Craneway and leases it to Ford Point LLC (J.R. Orton, III) for $1.00 a year.

The Craneway joins a host of vacant and neglected structures owned or controlled by the City along its valuable waterfront.

Figure 2 – The Whirley Crane needs an $800,000 paint job. It is the only crane left from the WWII shipyards and was first used to build Grand Coulee Dam.

Figure 3 – Boarded up Shipyard 3 historic cafeteria is in danger of fire form un-mowed grass and weeds

Figure 4 – The historic General Warehouse is abandoned and covered with graffiti

Figure 5 – Meanwhile, the Riggers Loft is as popular as ever. Hundreds of people standing in line to hear

Figure 6 – The Riggers Loft was packed for a concert by Richmond’s
Andre Thierry.

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