 | Spanos Park West developmentHousing construction at Spanos Park West, west of Interstate 5 and within the Borrow Pit Exchange Authority. Despite its locatio
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 | WindfarmThe Altamont Pass windfarm.
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 | Water Project AqueductState and federal aqueducts supply northern California water to the southern half of the state. This supply will increase as a percentage of total supply due to decrease export from the Colorado River.
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 | Water Hyacinth, Trapper SloughWater hyacinth was introduced to the Delta as an ornamental plant. It is aggressive, and has filled or partially filled several sloughs, making them impassable. The dense, mat-like cover also cuts off sunlight to the water below, affecting plants and animals living there.
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 | Water above landPhotograph showing the typical, inverted relationship between land and water in the Delta.
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 | Tyler CampLum Bunn Farm, Tyler Island.
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 | Tree at water’s edgeThis image is an effective illustration of subsidence.
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 | Tree and bargeAnother illustration of subsidence.
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 | Terminous Tract, past and future historyDiagram showing the past, present and future uses/products of Terminous Tract. Past to future, they are: estuary, asparagus, wheat, sod, habitat, and water.
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 | Tomato WorkersTomato harvesting vehicle and workers, South Delta.
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 | Telephone polesA low-tech way of making a long-span tower, Ryer Island.
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 | Temporary barrier locationsSouth delta temporary barriers resolve conflicts between water quality and environmental advocates. Barriers similar to this one are a key component of the Peripheral Canal proposal, and are the sites of future speculative work by the DNP design team.
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 | Wine FactoryIndustrial-scale winery near Interstate 5, in the Delta’s Secondary Zone, and in the Borrow Pit Exchange Authority. The large-scale, often industrial or infrastructural, elements that are beginning to dominate this area need to be organized in more effective, sustainable ways.
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 | Sprinkler GuysSod production on Terminous Tract.
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 | South Delta section of Levee UrbanismThis cross section diagram describes the various components of Levee Urbanism in the South Delta. Channel making would increase water carrying capacity and water frontage for property development, a potential source of significant value for local landowners, and create habitat that would be managed by property owners.
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 | South Delta farm campA typical farm camp puncuating the horizon. The camp seen here is relatively new, but is similar to old camps in its dense organization of buildings shaded by a canopy of trees.
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 | South Delta Exchange AuthorityThe South Delta Exchange Authority trades development, water quality, agricultural, environmental, and tourism interests. See Levee Urbanism for a description of the SDEA at an architectural scale.
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 | Sod farm signThe Delta’s increasing production of sod is replacing other crops as the agricultural market evolves.
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 | Sod farm irrigationSod farm on Terminous Tract.
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 | Sod farmA view of an expanse of sod being cultivated on Terminous Tract. Sod farming covers thousands of acres.
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 | Shimasaki VillageThese are among the buildings that will be destroyed if Bacon Island becomes a reservoir. The building on the right would be saved in the Shimasaki Memorial project. It was a bunkhouse, kitchen and dining room.
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 | Shimasaki Memorial, levee sectionPhotomontage diagramming relationship between farm camp buildings and Delta Wetlands Project infrastructure.
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 | Shimasaki Memorial, farm camp no. 3 site planHand drawing of Farm Camp Number Three, ink on mylar.
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 | Shimasaki Memorial, Bacon Island farm camp no. 3This would be the site of the Shimasaki Memorial
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 | Shimasaki Memorial, axonometricIsometric diagram of the Shimasaki Memorial site showing pumping station, old bunkhouse, memorial, and charcoal plain.
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 | Shimasaki Memorial wireframe axonometric detailWire frame diagram showing bunkhouse, pools and archives.
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 | Shimasaki Memorial bunkhouseBacon Island bunkhouse that would be restored as part of the Shimasaki Memorial.
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 | Shimasaki Memorial planSite plan of Shimasaki Memorial, showing Delta Wetlands Project pumping station integrated with new recreational facilities and the restored bunkhouse.
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 | Schwarzenegger LetterOctober 2003 letter from Governor Schwarzenegger to Sen. Feinstein encouraging the reauthorization of Cal-Fed, the bureacracy charged with overseeing the future of the Delta.
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 | Sartini Manor - Farm Labor HousingState-run farm workers’ camp near Thornton.
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 | Saline Lands Exchange AuthorityLand at the western edge of the Delta is subject to higher water salinity levels because of the proximity to San Francisco Bay. Controlling salinity is a major task for state and federal agencies.
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 | Ryer Windrow panoramaPanorama of Ryer Island vineyard and windrow.
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 | Ryde mini-golfThis mini-golf course is set within a pear orchard at the Ryde Hotel.
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 | River Islands development planRiver Islands is a development proposed for Stewart Tract in the southeast Delta. It would build a new community protected by a “super levee.” This new levee is seen by adjacent landowners as a breach in the long-standing agreement to build levees to the same height, thereby ensuring that all would share equally in the risk of flooding. If realized, River Islands would set a new precedent for in-Delta suburban development.
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 | Pruned pear branches, Ryer IslandThe quotidian poetics of agriculture. This image shows a donut-shaped mound of pear tree prunings, carefully organized for no doubt a very logical reason.
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 | Pirate’s LairPirate’s Lair Marina, Andrus Island, one of the Delta’s finer oases. The marina is on the Delta Loop, the only existing tourist trail to date in the Delta. More tourist trails and opportunities need to be imagined and realized.
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