Four Urban Hacks for the Abandoned Shipping Containers Piled Up at the Port of Oakland

San Francisco Magazine Seung Y. Lee Clark Miller Local creatives imagine a new life for the East Bay’s industrial leftovers. Seven months ago, Korean shipping giant Hanjin Shipping abruptly filed forbankruptcy, leaving 1,000 to 1,500 shipping containers stacked five high at the Port of Oakland. We asked local creatives what they’d do with those giant Legos. 1. Student dorms Bettina Limaco, who unsuccessfully sought to build Berkeley’s first “shipping container village,” wants to house ...