Long gone are the days where residents are advocating for freeway expansions — or giant concrete structures blocking prime waterfront views for that matter. Yes, but: Back in the postwar era, such ...

Sixty years ago this week, officials opened the Embarcadero Freeway. While never beloved — The Chronicle’s editorial board called for the “foolish freeway” to be demolished only six months in — it ...

Mayor London Breed wants to turn a concrete Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco into a 5-acre park in front of the Ferry Building, with the help of BXP and local businesses. The mayor will introduce ...

When city officials announced plans to transform San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza last July, locals seemed optimistic. The proposed project included the construction of a new waterfront park more ...

The Embarcadero Freeway pushed north along the waterfront for nearly a mile, two thick lines of concrete 70 feet high and 52 feet wide that hit the bay at Folsom Street and ended bluntly at Broadway.

Plans for a $30 million-plus overhaul of San Francisco’s underused Embarcadero Plaza took an important step forward Thursday when The City’s Recreation and Park Commission endorsed a public-private ...

The Loma Prieta earthquake left the Embarcadero Freeway and Central Freeway standing, but helped make the case for tearing them down. "I think since the Loma Prieta earthquake, we have learned that we ...