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Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn't clear out the neighbors

  • Written by Lindsey Dillon, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
imageAbandoned industrial buildings at San Francisco's Pier 70, with a smokestack in the background.Lindsey Dillon, CC BY-NC-ND

San Francisco has embarked on a project to transform its industrial southeast waterfront into a bike-friendly destination called the Blue Greenway. When completed, the Blue Greenway will be a 13-mile network of parks, bike...

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