The Barn

Looking forward to a lazy spring afternoon drinking cold brew at Drakes at The Barn!

Runaway Stage Productions coming to West Sacramento

How exciting! Runaway Stage Productions will be moving to their new facility of South River Road.  Read more in the Sacramento Bee
"The nonprofit theater company produces six shows a year, and also runs a series of youth workshops for dancing, vocals and acting. Runaway Stage Productions will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2017, and currently rents separate spaces for equipment storage and rehearsals. Plans for its West Sacramento theater call for all of its operations and storage to be housed in one facility."

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article95636902.html#storylink=cpy

Cemex Rubble Pile

The demolition is complete...all that remains of the old Cemex Cement Plant is a pile of cement rubble.

Gone but not forgotten...

This photo of the underpass leading to West Capitol Avenue from the Raley Field was shot last January during heavy rains...it was torn down to make way for the bridge district project.

The Bridge District Project Update: 2007-2019

The photo above is from September 2007. It is so exciting for me to see how the project has developed over the years.

August 2010

November 15, 2011

April 2013

October 2014 

March 2019 Drakes at the Barn

Bridge to Bridge

This photo was shot from the Pioneer Bridge overlooking the riverfront area to be redeveloped in West Sacramento. The building in the left of center is the old Rice Grower's Association which is on the list of Historic Sites and Buildings in West Sacramento.

Notice the Tower Bridge elevated in the background. It will be closed Sept. 17 through Nov. 20 to all vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic while they work on widening the pedestrian walkways on both sides. Since the River Cats came to town there is lots of foot traffic crossing the bridge.

The view to the south shows the notorious "Tank Farm's" on the riverfront . The City of West Sacramento envisions the 200-acre "Pioneer Bluffs" area becoming a mixed-use community and removing the tanks is key to that. It has been proposed that these tanks be relocated to the Port of Sacramento.
Photo by Barbara Smith