The southernmost part of the San Francisco Bay is where Alviso is located.  In some of these objects and structures found on the edge of the bay, it is possible to see how humanity has had to re-negotiate the boundaries between its civilized areas and "nature".  

At one point, the town had a full-fledged marina which launched many boats.  But a few decades ago it became too expensive to dredge the area to keep it deep enough for most boats, so now nature has been allowed to reassert itself, allowing but only the smallest boats to navigate the vegetation-choked waters.  Very little of the marina remains except for a parking lot, the boat launch, whose ramp has been invaded by dense vegetative grass, and the floating launch dock, which is no longer floating, or does not even need to float, for that matter.

On the coast in this site are also the remnants of marine-dependent industry and sea-faring structures, such as the ruins of the Bayside Canning Company (one of the most successful early canneries in  the United States), which closed during the great depression of the 1930s.  The main building still exists, as well as what appears to be an adjacent warehouse that now exists only as ruins and also as a bird sanctuary, as evidenced by many numerous nests made from mud, found in the crevices of the old concrete.

Near these structures are several old houses, vacant lots, archaic vehicles, all rusting and showing their ages.  Some of these are represented here, such as the H.G. Wade building, which once served as a staging area for agricultural goods that were to be shipped to San Francisco, and then later assumed the incarnation of a stagecoach house and garage.   Now this solid brick building is sealed up and in complete disuse, essentially obscure and forgotten.