Alameda was once a peninsula of grassy fields and sandy beaches,
separated from Oakland by a snaking estuary. A tidal canal made
Alameda an island in 1902 and its waterfront became a major shipping
port. Park Street's bay-windowed commercial buildings looked out on a
prosperous city of streetcars and comfortable homes. Between the two
world wars, Alameda's Neptune Beach resort and amusement park became
the Coney Island of the West, eventually boasting a Moorish
entrance tower on Webster Street, a stadium, two swimming pools, a
high dive, and a roller coaster called the Whoopie. Alameda's
strategic location made its airdrome the busiest in the world in
the 1930s and eventually attracted a U.S. Coast Guard base, known as
Government Island, and the Alameda Naval Air Station.
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