Christie Park

Year completed: 2019

Christie Park, near the City of Emeryville’s Public Market, has been renovated and expanded, with the addition of nearly half an acre that was previously a parking lot. In addition to a life-size, 50-foot blue whale play structure designed by the Danish firm Monstrum, the park includes an enclosed dog park.

ReScape Score

85

Address: Christe Avenue, 63rd Street

Project Owner/Developer: AG-CCRP Public Market, LP

Landscape Architecture Team: Hart Howerton

Landscape Contractor: Neary Landscape

ReScape Rater: Suzanne Schrift

Landscape Size: 54,734 sq ft

Grounds Open To Public? Yes

ReScape Landscape Highlights

• Christie Park is easily accessed by transit and nearby bike trails.

• The park uses all recycled water and recycled-content site furnishings, a large number of California native plants, all LED lighting and a high efficiency irrigation system.