tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074974100307499933.post7124687262666661087..comments2009-05-06T14:58:52.002-07:00Crimsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08723390037749026284noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074974100307499933.post-49351866577528971512009-05-06T14:58:00.000-07:002009-05-06T14:58:00.000-07:00

The great thing about these post-industrial neighborhoods is that they don't require a lot of new construction in order to be intensely developed. While a lot of the old warehouses are in rough shape, they were built in a better era, when things were built to last and given strong architectural qualities despite their functional uses. While some infill and demolition will be necessary, the

dbackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05060423852620603032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074974100307499933.post-21895365443606056312009-05-06T11:07:00.000-07:002009-05-06T11:07:00.000-07:00

V., what do you propose gets built there? I agree that more public access to the waterfront is a good thing. (That public storage facility facing the water really has to go.) Like I said, I think the area could grow successfully with microbusinesses, live-work lofts, etc. I'm more wary now of a sudden flood of new housing developments, because it seems like that would actually devalue the

Crimsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08723390037749026284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074974100307499933.post-87798387057606602272009-05-05T21:08:00.000-07:002009-05-05T21:08:00.000-07:00

I think the reason those old streets without any sidewalks work is because, with the absence of sidewalks, the whole street becomes a shared space. Drivers know it and act accordingly. Much more dangerous would be a too-skinny strip of sidewalk with lots of curb cuts and no on-street parking to buffer pedestrians from moving vehicles. Also, the no-sidewalk streets are in pretty bad shape.

Chris Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15678642171681654979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074974100307499933.post-33842838389152905012009-05-05T19:52:00.000-07:002009-05-05T19:52:00.000-07:00

I went on a bike tour that ended in the Estuary and at Numi for tea specifically. I felt comfortable biking through the neighborhood(s). Also, I appreciated the real mixed use nature of the area as well as proximity to the water (the park/ open space you featured was peopled when we rode by on the tour). <br /><br />As for Numi or similar use - great. The company re-used a building fronted by

Georgiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823123092228990451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074974100307499933.post-78010209305768453102009-05-05T19:51:00.000-07:002009-05-05T19:51:00.000-07:00

Art, crafts and design can effectively become the industry of this area. This process has already begun, with the artist pioneers sewing the seeds of gentrification. I have been fascinated with this phenomenon since high school, when I worked as an artist in the Fort Point Channel district of Boston. Its a similar, though more densely built and historical post-industrial area that is the next

dbackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05060423852620603032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074974100307499933.post-50024255642189758832009-05-05T10:33:00.000-07:002009-05-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

Sure, a city should have space for industry. The question is how do you locate that space appropriately. Oakland's waterfront could be an amazing asset, yet few of our residents even realize it exists because the decision to concentrate industry along it has for years cut off citizen access to what should be a citywide treasure. So the real question is - do we want this to remain the case forever

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