Pacific Park Plaza

Pacific Park Plaza is a 30-story residential building located in Emeryville, California[1] adjacent to Interstate 80.[2] Standing at 96.9 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
General information
StatusComplete
TypeResidential[1]
Location6363 Christie Avenue
Emeryville, California
Coordinates37.8423°N 122.2954°W / 37.8423; -122.2954
Opening1984[1]
Height
Roof96.9 m (318 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count30[1]

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. "Pacific Park Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  2. "Tall - very tall - apartment building proposed for Emeryville shoreline". SFChronicle.com. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  3. All East Bay Properties: Pacific Park Plaza
  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).
  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).
  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.
  7. "Dynamic Properties of a Thirty-Story Condominium Tower Building". nehrpsearch.nist.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  8. "Is Emeryville 'emotionally' ready for this 54-story tower?". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  9. Pacific Park Realty - Floor Plans Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Pacific Park Homeowners Association
  11. "Former A's pitcher recalls '89 quake". The Mercury News. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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