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The Bay Area Park Squeeze

Around San Francisco Bay, land is scarce and costly. And people have opinions.

By Peter Harnik and Ryan Donahue

Doyle Hollis Park. Courtesy Trust for Public Land.
Doyle Hollis Park. Courtesy Trust for Public Land.

Emeryville, California, squeezed between Oakland, Berkeley, and the San Francisco Bay Bridge, has 10,000 residents and 20,000 daytime workers on only 1.2 square miles of land. For most of the 20th century it was an industrial center, known for meatpacking plants and a Sherwin-Williams paint factory. It has since evolved into a shopping destination and a hub for biotech and software. Continue reading The Bay Area Park Squeeze