The author shares her love for Coronado with this pictorial compilation. She is a resident for over 45 years, and remembers the beloved car ferries that crossed the bay before the opening of the Bay Bridge.
She describes in the book when the great land boom during the 1880s was sweeping California and how the Coronado was imagined as a resort by two visionary entrepreneurs who brought their dream to reality by luring the wealthy and famous to their exclusive red-roofed hotel on the beach.
John D. Spreckels continued to build upon that dream, leaving a legacy through his many gifts to the city. The U.S. Navy played a prominent role in Coronado’s development with North Island officially known as the birthplace of naval aviation, and later, with U.S. Navy SEALs stationed here.
The book describes that by being surrounded by water and only accessible by the peninsular Silver Strand and the Bay Bridge it creates a small town atmosphere with a unique combination of cosmopolitan beach resort and navy town, rich in history.