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The picture is striking: On one side stands expansive concrete, fleets of trucks and skeletal transmission towers — the remains of a now-demolished power plant that closed in 2006 after a barrage of complaints linked it to high asthma rates in the surrounding areas.

On the other side, a network of paths weave between native grasses, leading parkgoers onto a narrow spit of land, one of many that connect Bayview to the San Francisco Bay. The sound of gulls fills the air as shorebirds stalk wetland pools.

This is Heron’s Head Park, situated just north of Bayview’s infamous Superfund cleanup site . It’s the site of an environmental restoration projec

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