The Bay Area Mural Program is a nonprofit organization of local artists dedicated to facilitating and creating public art. Their vision is to turn bare, blighted walls into artistic gateways into the community’s surrounding environment. See the Black Liberation Walking Tour site for more info.
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Old Oakland
Welcome to a walking tour of the Old Oakland neighborhood. Although this is not the oldest part of Oakland, it does have many of the oldest buildings still standing in Oakland. The town of Oakland was incorporated in 1852, and started mostly with buildings near the waterfront. It became a city in 1854, and rapidly …