Celebrate Embarcadero Park by bringing back its trees

San Francisco Chronicle · Chronicle readers · 2026-11-04 12:00 UTC

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Regarding “Designs for the new Embarcadero pavilion look like a bus shelter at an airport. We can do better” (Opinion, SFChronicle.com, Oct. 30): I live in the neighborhood and walk through Embarcadero Park every day with my dog, and I agree with Allison Arieff’s column.

What bothers me more than the pavilion is the trees that have been cut down. The park is being turned into a plaza. That area is already too open and sunny. The shade was the reason people used it. I love walking through and feeling the cool that a park brings to the urban landscape at dusk. Even if they replant, new trees take years to grow back.

It’s also personal for me. I used to walk my two dogs there daily. My last memories of Porter are in that park, from the Sunday before he died. I still have my other dog, and we still go every day, but it’s a different place now.

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