Junk Ship Play Structure

1969Wa Sung Community Service Club’s gift‘Free China’ junk shipA symbol of determinationFor children everywhere. Wa Sung Community Service Club on Oakland Wiki Lincoln Park Junk Boat on Oakland Wiki

Chinese Young Women’s Society

1943Dorothy Eng’s Oak-Chi Center blossomedChinese daughters’ worlds“Our soldiers had somewhere to go.”Hospitality & Friendship

11th and Harrison

1898A young sequoia grewNurtured by soil from each stateTo honor Abraham Lincolnthe Great Emancipator

Lincoln Square Recreation Center

1853Oakland was shapedby seven green squaresDowntown’s living rooms,Now, only five‘Parks Bring out the goodness of good people’ Caroline Chin Yee on Oakland Wiki

Asian Resource Center

1922A neo-gothic code machine factoryNever realizedOn the top floorWomen of ChinatownSewed parachutes for WWII Asian Resource Center on Oakland Wiki

8th and Webster

1882-1943: ExcludedA forced Chinese sanctuaryA Bachelor societyBuilders of California’s infrastructure Chinese Exclusion Act on Oakland Wiki William Wong on Oakland Wiki

Asian Branch Library

Chinatown’s treasures:Sharing & SustainingArts & IdentityThe Oakland Asian Cultural CenterThe Asian Branch Library Asian Branch Library on Oakland Wiki Oakland Asian Cultural Center on Oakland Wiki Pacific Renaissance Plaza on Oakland Wiki

10,000 Steps #2

This is part 2 of 2. See part 1 for more information. The estimated distance and time are for this part only. The 10,000 Steps project explored Oakland’s city squares, past and present. It culminated in a permanent meandering neighborhood narrative, ‘Walking the Invisible City’. This looped walk, marked with permanent conversational sidewalk stepping stones, reveals the city …

Pekin Low Restaurant

Legendary underground passagewaysLong ago… Seeking fortunes, games of chance:Pai Gow, Chinese Lottery, Fan Tan Home to a variety of restaurants and clubs over the years, the building that now houses Cinnamon Tree restaurant was built in 1924 for the Pekin Low Restaurant. Pekin Low Restaurant on Oakland Wiki Legendary Palace Restaurant on Oakland Wiki