Just FYI- the restoration of the Craneway Pavilion has provided the area with a great venue for events of all kinds. Company holiday parties are very popular there. The building itself was constructed in the '30s as a Ford assembly plant and was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.'
I worked in the building from around 1983 to 1989 when it was decimated by the Loma Prieta earthquake. I was in the building when the earthquake struck and watching a building that size literally swaying back and forth up to 2 feet at the roof line was pretty amazing. The building is steel girder construction, and I still have several 2" diameter rivets that were sheared off during the earthquake.
The building sat for many years after we moved out and several attempts were made to develop it without success. Including it in the Rosie the Riveter history is a great thing.
One highlight while we occupied a portion of the building was that the movie Tucker was filmed there. If you have ever seen the movie, the production line scenes were filmed in the craneway portion of the building.
