Gimme My Props

San Francisco Measure A: Embarcadero Seawall Improvement


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If you were asked to name a piece of San Francisco infrastructure that’s still in use after over a hundred years, what would you guess? The Golden Gate Bridge? Coit Tower? Nope! But if you guessed the Embarcadero Seawall, you’d be correct! The city constructed the Embarcadero Seawall a century ago, along a 3 mile stretch of waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf to Mission Creek. But, the seawall wasn’t designed with seismic safety or sea level rise in mind. It was built on what’s called “young bay
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Gimme My PropsBy KALW, San Francisco Public Press, CalMatters

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