Ben Franklin, font of aphorisms, said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain. Except death and taxes.” But there’s one unescapable reality Franklin seems to have missed: laundry.
Piedmont Avenue
Sales low but scariness resolute at the pumpkin patch
October 23, 2009 – 9:37 am
The Piedmont Avenue patch is back, even if it’s harder to find than it used to be, and it’s still got the goods: the tongues, the eyeballs, the photos of wicked bulging-eyed children, and Oopy the daschund, who’s in costume too.
Bicycle Master Plan, MacArthur BART project
October 14, 2009 – 7:09 pm
Imagine it’s a warm summer evening after another monotonous day’s soul-crushing workplace tedium. You get back to your North Oakland abode, slip into something more comfortable, and hop onto your fixie bike, fat-tired mountain bike, or tricked-out scraper bike. You cycle down through Emeryville, onto I-80, and over the Bay Bridge to watch the sunset [...]
Safeway Talks Bigger, Piedmont Wonders if it’s Better
June 30, 2009 – 10:34 am
By AYAKO MIE
Residents gathered Thursday at the Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary on Piedmont Avenue for a second meeting called by Safeway officials to talk about the store’s plan to redo the shopping center in Pleasant Valley.
“Obviously, it is a corporate sponsored meeting,” said Eric Edwards, a resident of the Rockridge Manor condominium next to [...]
No golden parachute for stores on Piedmont Avenue
February 9, 2009 – 5:37 pm
Loren Partridge has until February 28 to vacate Cunningham Partridge Gallery and Framing, the Piedmont Avenue business she has run for seven years.
“I’ve seen it coming for months,” Partridge said last Saturday afternoon. “Then January came, and boom.”
New and improved, neighborhood video store prepares for its sequel
January 4, 2009 – 7:09 pm
The Video Room, where everybody knows your name and your favorite movie title, re-creates itself to stay afloat. Click here for the story
Pumpkin patch helps Oakland get into Halloween spirit
October 9, 2008 – 5:34 pm
story, photos and video by KRISTINE WONG
At the Piedmont Pumpkin Patch, Halloween is serious business. Patch owner Jon Goldstein has stocked his grounds, near the corner of Piedmont and Pleasant Valley Avenues, with 15 types of pumpkins and an eclectic assortment of decorations and paraphernalia — and created a haunted house to boot.