The Ohlone Greenway Extension is a speculative project that looks to increase housing density in Berkeley. Adjacent to a residential neighborhood, an abandoned Santa Fe rail line cuts at a diagonal through the city. We propose to reclaim this land to create multi-family housing and a new greenway for all. We are proposing to reclaim the land to create multi-family housing and a new greenway for pedestrians and bicycles.

The Ohlone Greenway is an existing 5-mile pedestrian and bicycle path in Berkeley that ends before the Santa Fe rail tracks begin. The Santa Fe tracks once carried train service in West Berkeley until the tracks became dormant in the 1970s. Over the years, voters in the city have passed a variety of bonds that have allowed the city to purchase the land. Most recently, the city put aside five million dollars to turn the abandoned land into a park. Our proposal, OG-Ex, builds upon this vision by proposing housing and an extension of the existing Ohlone Greenway to allow for a vibrant corridor that runs through the entire city. This proposal adds (6) 2500sf housing units and (3) 500sf shared community spaces per block as well as bike path, pedestrian path, and pocket parks.