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| Emeryville |
| Low Tech to High Tech |
| When I first moved here in 1974 to
work for Chevron, Emeryville was known for its industries
- iron works, a Sherwin Williams paint factory with a large
(and wonderful) neon sign, and card rooms. The iron works
is now Emery Bay shopping center, The Sherwin Williams paint
sign is down, and the card rooms are still here... and so
are the cream of the East Bay's Hi Tech and Bio Tech companies
such as Pixar, Chiron, and Interactive Resources. |
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Emeryville has sure changed. We go there quite often for movies or shopping or
taking Amtrak to Sacramento (a great way to visit the Sacramento Railroad Museum,
which is just a few minutes walk from the Sacramento train station.
There's more - Borders Books, CompUSA, Circuit City, The Good Guys, an Amtrak
station, and the Emeryville public market, a great place to take the kids for
lunch or dinner. They can choose from all sorts of restaurants - from burgers
to Mexican to Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, Indian and more. And... they'll have
fun jumping around in the "ball room" but make sure they go there before
they eat. After lunch or dinner... just walk down the street to the United Artists
movie theaters.
Chiron hired the Mexican Architect Legoterra ??? to design their new research
building, and it's a joy to behold. The colors and spaces are big and bold, and
it's a real treat to see
And the heavy industry? It's almost all gone, but one of my favorite places to
peer in is the Coulter Foundry and watch the forge at work.
Emeryville has unique sculpture. The PG&E building on Hollis near 40th Street
has stunning sculptures, and the artist Bullwinkel did a series of whimsical
metal works at the Emery Bay Shopping center. One of my favorite small deco buildings
is at the corner of Powell and Hollis Streets... right next to the railroad tracks.
It's been decades since trains ran down the tracks, but the railroad crossing
signs are still there. |
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