The shortage of affordable housing is a familiar story in the Bay Area, especially in pricey locations like Marin County. But one neighborhood, the county’s only true African American enclave, is about to get an upgrade.
And on Wednesday, Marin City unveiled a tribute to how it all got started 83 years ago.
Today’s housing shortage is nothing compared to Marin during WWII. America was suddenly thrust into battle, and a huge shipbuilding operation called Marinship went up seemingly overnight…