Cyc Construction history

The Capital Yacht Club (CYC) was formed on October 19, 1892, by nine yachtsmen who met on the naphtha-powered launch ALERT in order to hire a watchman to keep an eye on their vessels anchored in the newly formed Washington Channel.

CYC’s first facility was converted from a coal scow to a two-level clubhouse known as THE ARK that was moored on the Washington Channel at the foot of Ninth Street beginning in 1894.

By 1900 the club had grown to 30 members and leased property at 700 Water Street where they built a 1½ story wooden building.

The club continued to grow, and in 1922 CYC moved into a new clubhouse near Ninth Street.

To promote further development, Congress created the Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA) in 1945 which had a major part in changing the Southwest Waterfront.

In 1960, Public Law 86-736 transferred ownership of the Southwest Waterfront to the RLA. Early development plans put CYC at great risk because they called for the removal of all CYC facilities, creating a continuous seawall and promenade.

Unfortunately, this meant filling in most of Yacht Basin Number 2, thus reducing the CYC dock facilities from 82 to 58 slips in 1967.

In May 1969 the classic CYC clubhouse and home for 47 years was torn down.

Our roots CYC was established in 1970 to address the problems of juvenile delinquency and gang violence in San Francisco Chinatown by providing young men with alternatives and access to legitimate means to achieve their aspirations and independence.

The new clubhouse was completed in 1973 and interest in CYC membership gradually revived with the prospect of having a restaurant and a clubhouse.

Responding to an increase in overdose cases among Asian youth, CYC implemented a drug education and prevention program in 1976.

Fortunately, WMATA also installed new docks with approximately 79 slips and the CYC fleet was able to return beginning in October 1982.

artificial intelligence: The CYC project CYC is a large experiment in symbolic AI. The project began in 1984 under the auspices of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, a consortium of computer, semiconductor, and electronics manufacturers.

Leading change In 1987, CYC lobbied to have Federal Office of Substance Abuse Prevention fund the Asian Youth Abuse Program (AYSAP), a multiethnic Asian consortium dealing with substance abuse in our communities.

Pathways to employment Recognizing the need to provide an alternative to delinquent activities for adolescents, CYC added an employment component in 1991 when it merged with Directions, a city-wide job readiness training and youth employment program.

In 1995 Douglas Lenat, the CYC project director, spun off the project…

Computer Clubhouse In 2000, CYC partnered with Boston’s Museum of Science to start the Computer Clubhouse where students could come after school to work on projects with state-of-the-art technology and receive technology training.

Bayview Branch Office OpenedIn September 2011, CYC opened its branch office in the Bayview-Hunters Point to provide culturally competent and linguistically acceptable resources to the neighborhood’s significant Asian population.

Another phase of redevelopment of Southwest Waterfront began in 2014, renamed The Wharf in honor of its historic designation by generations of Washingtonians.

Visible from West Paces Ferry Road, construction of the new 23,000-square-foot Cyclorama building began in August 2015.

The opening date is slated for fall of 2018.