8th and Broadway

Follow the treesWalk among themUrban secrets revealed…Discover your Invisible City

9th and Broadway

Follow the treesWalk among themUrban secrets revealed…Discover your Invisible City

Key System Building

Follow the trees,Walk among themUrban secrets revealed…Discover your Invisible City Key System Building on Oakland Wiki

Scotlan Convention Center

Old Oakland’s terrain updated,Dedicated to African American civic leader Scotlan,A devoted youth advocate.

Central Pacific Station

Constructed in 1873, the Central Pacific Railroad Depot represented the end of the first transcontinental railroad. In 1912 the Southern Pacific Railroad built a larger station in West Oakland and all but local train traffic moved there. In 1941, the building became Mi Rancho Market, one of the anchors of the burgeoning Latino neighborhood. 1875-1941A …

Washington Square

Note: Washington Square no longer exists. Main Street divided twin squaresCarpentier’s power grab for young OaklandThe Alameda County Seat Washington Square on Oakland Wiki Horace Carpentier on Oakland Wiki

Jefferson Square – Español

Sieta cuadrados verdes daban forma a OaklandDe estos salones urbanos quedan sólo cincoLos parques hacen resaltar la bondad de buena gente

Jefferson Square playground

Oakland was shaped by seven green squaresDowntown’s living rooms, now, only five‘Parks bring out the goodness of good people’

Jefferson Square

Their children loved this parkAfrican American, Irish, Italian, and Latino neighbors1950s: Make way for the freeway!The last home standing

Housewives Market

Housewives Market was OaklandAn ethnic food lifelineEast Bay’s thriving shopping destination