Pacific Park Plaza
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential[1]
Location6363 Christie Avenue
Emeryville, California
Coordinates37°50′31″N 122°17′47″W / 37.84194°N 122.29639°W / 37.84194; -122.29639
Opening1984[1]
Height
Roof318 ft (97 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count30[1]

Pacific Park Plaza is a 30-story residential building located in Emeryville, California[1] adjacent to Interstate 80.[2] Standing at 318 ft (97 m) tall, Pacific Park Plaza is the tallest building in Emeryville, and the tallest in the San Francisco Bay Area outside of San Francisco and Oakland.

Eastshore Freeway in Berkeley, view south towards Pacific Park Plaza in Emeryville

Pacific Park Plaza was completed in 1984.[3] Its response to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake has been extensively studied[4][5] due to its instrumentation.[6][7]

The building's 580 [8] apartments are a mix of one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments.[9] Residents and homeowners can join the Pacific Park Plaza Homeowners Association.[10] Residents have included Dave Stewart[11] of the Oakland Athletics.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pacific Park Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  2. ^ "Tall - very tall - apartment building proposed for Emeryville shoreline". SFChronicle.com. 2018-12-12. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  3. ^ "All East Bay Properties: Pacific Park Plaza". Archived from the original on 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  4. ^ Celebi, M.; Safak, E. (1992). "Seismic response of Pacific Park Plaza. I. Data and preliminary analysis". Journal of Structural Engineering. 118 (6): 19. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1992)118:6(1547). Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  5. ^ Safak, F.; Celebi, M. (1992). "Recorded seismic response of Pacific Park Plaza. II. System identification". Journal of Structural Engineering. 118 (6): 24. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1992)118:6(1566). Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  6. ^ Şafak, Erdal; Çelebi, Mehmet (1991-10-01). "Analyses of recorded responses of two high-rise buildings during the Loma Prieta earthquake of 18 October 1989". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 81 (5): 2087–2110. ISSN 0037-1106. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  7. ^ "Dynamic Properties of a Thirty-Story Condominium Tower Building". nehrpsearch.nist.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  8. ^ "Is Emeryville 'emotionally' ready for this 54-story tower?". www.bizjournals.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  9. ^ Pacific Park Realty - Floor Plans Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Pacific Park Homeowners Association". Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  11. ^ "Former A's pitcher recalls '89 quake". The Mercury News. 2009-06-23. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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