Larkspur Landing, also known as Larkspur Ferry Terminal, is the main

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Larkspur, California Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States. Larkspur is located south of San Rafael, at an elevation of . As of the 2020 Census, the city's population was 13,064. Larkspur's Police Department is shared with that of the ...

, in

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, north of

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. The terminal is a regional hub receiving heavy service from throughout the North Bay for commuter ferries south to downtown San Francisco.

History

First train at Larkspur station, December 2019

Among various

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properties owned by San Francisco-born civil engineer

Alfred Finnila Finnila's Finnish Baths—a.k.a. ''Finnila's''—was a Finnish bathhouse and a health club in San Francisco, California. It served the general public from circa 1910 to September, 2000. ''Finnila's'' was located in the Castro District of San Francis ...

in the 1970s was the area known as ''Larkspur Landing'' in Marin County. In the mid-1970s, Finnila sold, leased and rented parts of Larkspur Landing to the City of Larkspur and to various businesses, including the restaurant chain of Victoria Station.Prime Rib and Boxcars: Whatever Happened to Victoria Station?
History of the chain ().''Victoria Station is still working on its restructuring.''
March 19, 1986 - Los Angeles Times. The part of the area sold to the City of Larkspur by Alfred Finnila, to be used as a major Marin County ferry terminal, is today known both as ''Larkspur Landing'' and as ''Larkspur Ferry Terminal''. It is the main

in Larkspur, Marin County. Constructed in the mid-1970s, Larkspur Ferry Terminal rose from the ashes of the long demolished Hutchinson's Rock Quarry. The Ferry Terminal was built with an open air

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, or tetrahedral-octahedral tesselation, a canopy designed by architect The Ferry Terminal opened on December 11, 1976, and regular commute service started two days later. The ex-quarry-property also spawned the Larkspur Landing Shopping Center (no
Marin Country Mart
, with adjacent apartments and

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terminates at

Larkspur station Larkspur station is a Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) station in Larkspur, California. The terminal station opened to revenue service on December 14, 2019. It is located from the Larkspur Landing ferry terminal, across Sir Francis Drak ...

, located near the ferry terminal. It serves as an intermodal station, where passengers can transfer to San Francisco-bound ferries after a walk. The station opened for service on December 14, 2019.

In popular culture

Director

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filmed the final scenes of the

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movie ''

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'' in the vicinity of Larkspur Landing and at the adjacent East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. After hijacking a school bus, the character of "Scorpio" - played by

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- drives into East

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at the

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interchange, before crashing into the site of the Hutchinson Company

References

External links

Prime Rib and Boxcars: Whatever Happened to Victoria Station?
History of the chain ().
''Victoria Station is still working on its restructuring.''
March 19, 1986 - Los Angeles Times (re: Victoria Station at ''Larkspur Landing'' in California).
FINALE – Hutchinson Co. Quarry, Larkspur Landing, CA « Dirty Harry Filming Locations

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