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How a tiny urban vineyard in San Francisco is trying to transform California wine The Two Eighty Project wants to be a vehicle for social justice, not just tasty Pinot Noir FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Christopher Renfro and Jannea Tschirch tend to vines at the 280 Project vineyard.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Christoper Renfro with daughter Ahmarie, 3, at Alemany Farm.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Christopher Renfro with his daughter Ahmarie at the 280 Project, a vineyard inside Alemany Farm that he farms with partner Jannea Tschirch (second from right).Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less On a lush, overgrown hillside overlooking Alemany Boulevard and Interstate 280, Christopher Renfro is growing a tiny, but potentially important, vineyard.
I went to all the parks in the Bayview. Here's what it was like. FacebookTwitterEmail A walker climbs the hill in Bayview Park in San Francisco on March 8, 2021.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE As soon as I crest the grassy 425-foot peak and take a moment to enjoy the sprawling vista, it hits me. Where is everybody? Sure, it’s a Tuesday, but I somehow have the 44-acre Bayview Park almost entirely to myself on a sunny afternoon. Aside from one woman and her dog, and a few city workers I saw driving to the radio tower, the trails are empty, and the 360-degree view that includes the bay, the downtown skyline, and the Bay Bridge is unobstructed. Birds are chirping loudly, towering eucalyptus trees sway in the breeze and the distant sound of Highway 101 hums in the background.