First Bite of the Romeo Pier Demo

Week of June 18th, 2018

Bye, bye Charlie the Tuna. Video from Michelle Dragony / Coastside Buzz.

Below photos from Harbor District website. Go to site for more wonderful photos of the Romeo Pier demolition.

The barge arrived the morning of June 7, from Oakland, to continue lead-based paint abatement on the west side of the building, along with further cleaning and clearing out of the building.

Photo by Harbor District

Week of May 28, 2018

Photo by Michelle Dragony / Coastside Buzz

Lead-based paint abatement using a process that encapsulates the old lead-based paint to prevent the toxic paint from falling into the water. It’ll be completely down in 30 days.

Built in 1940, the wharf served as a place for Coastside fishermen to unload sardines and salmon for decades, long before the harbor breakwater was built. Today that age is really starting to show, and harbor officials say it could be only a matter of time before the pier falls apart on its own.

Photo by Michelle Dragony / Coastside Buzz

Joe Romeo branded cans of his seafood with a cartoon fish wearing glasses and named the image Charlie, after his son. The fishing side of the business was later sold to Star-Kist Tuna (see videos below), which adopted Charlie the Tuna as the company mascot.

Check out the San Mateo County Harbor District’s blog on the deconstruction of the Romeo Pier.