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834th Transportation Battalion. Concord Naval Weapons Station was a military base established in 1942 north of the city of Concord, California at the shore of the Sacramento River where it widens into Suisun Bay. The station functioned as a World War II armament storage depot, supplying ships at Port Chicago.
Buchanan Field Airport[ 2] ( IATA: CCR, ICAO: KCCR, FAA LID: CCR) is a medium-sized general and business public airport in Contra Costa County, California, United States, [ 1][ 3] one mile west of the center of Concord [ 1][ 3] and just east of Pacheco in the San Francisco Bay Area. The airport's street address is 550 Sally Ride Drive, Concord.
Concord ( / ˈkɒŋkərd / KON-kerd) [ 10] is the most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. According to an estimate completed by the United States Census Bureau, the city had a population of 129,295 in 2019, [ 11] making it the eighth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area. [ 12][ 13] Founded in 1869 as ...
State Route 242 ( SR 242) is a three-mile (5 km) state highway in the U.S. state of California that links Interstate 680 north of Pleasant Hill to State Route 4 in Concord in Contra Costa County. Along with Interstate 580, State Route 24, Interstate 680 and State Route 4, it serves as the most direct route between the San Francisco Bay Area and ...
Concord Pavilion. Toyota Pavilion at Concord (formerly known as Concord Pavilion) is an amphitheatre located in Concord, California. It is owned by the City of Concord and operated by Live Nation. [2] The Pavilion has a capacity of 12,500 people and opened in 1975 as the Concord Pavilion. It is used for concerts, local community events ...
Added to NRHP. May 20, 1988. The Don Francisco Galindo House, known locally as the Galindo House and Gardens, is a 19th-century house in Concord, California built in 1856 by Francisco Galindo and his wife, Maria Dolores Manuela (Pacheco) Galindo, daughter of Salvio Pacheco who was the grantee of Rancho Monte del Diablo. [2]
The Concord Spirit Poles were a controversial public art project installed in the Bay Area city of Concord, California in 1989, at the direction of artist Gary Rieveschl, at a cost of approximately $100,000. They stretched along the median near downtown on Concord Ave. Rieveschl has said that the poles signify "our increasing interdependence in ...
Concord Records is an American record label owned by Concord and based in Los Angeles, California. Concord Records was launched in 1995 as an imprint designed to reach beyond the company's foundational Concord Jazz label. [1] The label's artists have won 14 GRAMMY Awards and 88 GRAMMY nominations.