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Conagra
Other than that, the park really is lovely. Except, of course, for the giant ConAgra facility looming in the background.
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Cemex
If you’re trying to leave the park on foot from the end (where the parking lot is), getting out and...
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Frankenwoman
This park features lovely vistas of the Estuary, plenty of benches, a cute, boat-themed play structure...
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Union Point Park
If you head back towards Embarcadero and manage to cross without getting run over by a car, you’ll get...
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Trucks!
The sidewalks here are okay. Mostly, there’s just a lot of trucks everywhere.
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Earthgrains
It isn’t what you would call exactly pleasant to walk through because of all the trucks, but there’s...
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Rainbo Bread Truck
Moving on, we enter a decidedly less charming, but seemingly pretty active industrial area. Lots of trucks and indistinguished one-story buildings.
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Buttercup Kitchen Sign
As charming as it may be, this area features little in the way of amenities. There’s the Buttercup Grill...
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More brick buildings
Also, there’s a winery (Irish Monkey Cellars). There isn’t much in the way of sidewalks here, and the...
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Numi Tea
Anyway, this section is really very charming. This is where Numi Tea is.
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Cute brick buildings
Across from the school is a charming little area full of cute brick warehouses. There’s some live/work...
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Beacon School and Railroad tracks
Okay, moving on. We’ll continue walking along Embarcadero until we reach Livingston Street. As we turn, we see Beacon Day School.
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Quinn's Lighthouse
If you worked in Estuary Cove, you could get after work drinks at Quinn’s Lighthouse every day! Where do I sign up?
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Boats outside of Estuary Cove
Wouldn’t you just love to get to eat your lunch outside looking at this every day?
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Office Building
As you continue walking down Embarcadero, it’s pretty much boats on one side and bland office buildings...
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Estuary Cove
Then you get to this adorable little collection of old houses that were moved there and are now used as...
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Boats!
Across Embarcadero, looking towards downtown, you’ve got motels, and next to them, boats.
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CESP West Subarea
2008 Oakland Holiday Parade
My personal favorites
The Electric City
