Small Town Noir: A Walk in The Suisun City Sun: Urban and Nature Photography Part 3

Christmas Day 25, 2016: I was staying briefly at my parents house in Fairfield Ca after breakfast including an energy drink cherry flavor I decided to take a morning walk to the marsh-side town of Suisun City. A sort of pleasant experience as the cool breeze brushed against my face walking down Sunset Avenue beforehand doing an errand at Wells Fargo Bank.

Arrival To Main St

Arriving into the almost vacant town of Suisun City I took a photo-shoot of this newly renovated Amtrak Station. The “colonnade style” station began operations in 1914 servicing the towns of Fairfield/Suisun City. Due to the holiday of Christmas the town was void of any pedestrian activity except for a few folks that was fishing on the city plaza. 

           The Main st corridor consisted of a handful of historical buildings, and small vacant lots that gives off an appearance of a ghost town. Suisun City located between The larger town of Fairfield Ca and Marshlands as a result urban and suburban growth is very limited to certain areas which can be a good thing as the natural environment needs to be preserved as much as possible though I am pro-growth. In the 1970-1989 era the town experienced a great hardship involving the downtown A redevelopment master plan was put forth by the city to bring economic activity back into the small town even though little to nothing was done until the 1990's with the development of Suisun City Marina.

  Rebuilt in 1994 the Suisun City Marina provides 150 rental berthing slips along with a 300 ft guest dock and boat launch ramps at the south end of the marina.

The Harbormaster building is located at 800 Kellogg Street. Visiting boaters and guests can contact the Harbor Master at (707)-429-2628(BOAT) for more information about berthing, launching a boat, or general info.

The Suisun Channel was dredged providing deep-water access for most recreational boats. The Channel itself provides direct access to the waterways of the California Delta and San Francisco Bay. The slough winds through the Suisun Marsh, which is one of the largest contiguous wetland preserves in the nation. The 84,000-acre Marsh, the largest remaining coastal wetland in California, lures nature-lovers, fishermen, hunters, and all categories of boaters.

The Suisun Channel and Marsh boasts outstanding sturgeon and striped bass fishing; excellent sightseeing and bird-watching, and fabulous waters for pleasure boating, cruising, water skiing, jet skiing, kayaking or any other water related activity. Guests are welcome to explore the area!

       Random yet awesome metal sculptures located next to The Lawler House Museum/Gallery, and Harbor Theater.

The Matthew McKinley, an entertainment boat docked in Whispering Bay, is undergoing a renovation to be ready for Suisun City's Fourth of July festival. (Brad Zweerink/Daily Republic)
The Matthew McKinley was brought to Suisun City in 2008 by Northbay Charters, the owners of the 100-foot-long Lady of Suisun, which only stayed a year before weighing anchor and departing for Oakland. After the Lady of Suisun left, the Matthew McKinley was parked in Whispering Bay, where Stone found her.