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San Francisco Magazine Erin Feher Aubrie Pick A hive of hyper-local commerce is remaking an unlikely corner in Oakland, 140 square feet at a time. Architect Matt Baran has a playful perspective on the three-story stack of 33 steel shipping containers he just erected in Oakland’s Longfellow neighborhood. “It’s sort of like one of those pinpoint impression toys, where you push your hand against it and all these little pins adapt and take on the shape,” explains Baran, principal of Baran St...