Yesterday was the unveiling of the first three sections of the “Remember Them” monument in Oakland. It was a spectacular occasion! Even though Karen and I had watched the actual installation (see my post on August 30), the monuments had been shrouded in tarps shortly after they were installed, awaiting the formal unveiling on September… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011
August 29, 2011 – early in the morning we looked out our apartment window overlooking Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, and saw three parts of the new “Remember Them” sculptures on huge trucks ready to be shifted around the corner and installed in the permanent location next door to our apartment building! I blogged about this… [Read more…]
July 12, 2011
Yes indeed – here in our uptown Oakland apartment, we do actually have a side yard – the mostly-empty block between our building and the amazing art-deco Fox Oakland Theater. The back part of the empty lot next door, at the corner of 19th and Rashida Muhammed, is a sweet little park, which I now… [Read more…]
April 23, 2011
For readers who live in Oakland, here is a blog you might want to tune in to … Living in the O. If you do not live here, check it out anyway, particularly if you are wishing you could live in a place where progressives rule! I enjoy every post on this blog, but a… [Read more…]
September 7, 2011
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