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    Design and Architecture

    Could the fourth border be a ferry route?

    Communities along the Southern California coast generally do not use the sea as a transportation route. Why not? And might that change? DnA explores whether it could be possible for beach cities to be connected by ferry services.

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    By Frances Anderton • Mar 28, 2018 • 1 min read

    Communities along the Southern California coast generally do not use the sea as a transportation route. Why not? And might that change?

    Alissa Walker at the Santa Monica Pier, with the former breakwater in the background. Photo credit: Frances Anderton.

    Dan Salas, founder of Harbor Breeze Cruises. Photo credit: Frances Anderton.

    Bridges and Walls is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      Sam Lubell

      architecture writer

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      Alissa Walker

      urbanism editor, Curbed

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      Dan Salas

      Founder of Harbor Breeze Cruises

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