Oakland's 16th Street Station gets historic status, while advocates fight encroaching development

Oakland’s 16th Street Station gets historic status, while advocates fight encroaching development

Outside a stately old beige-bricked building with three curved archways stands a few dozen people in front of two tables with white awnings over them. In the foreground, a woman sits at a picnic table on the lawn.

A landmark of the Prescot neighborhood, Oakland’s 16th Street Station is hard to miss. Just off Interstate 880, the 40-feet-tall Beaux Arts style building towers above surrounding homes and squat industrial buildings. The station is fenced off, with graffiti covering the terracotta cladding below the building’s three signature grand arched windows. Built in 1912, the … Continue reading Oakland’s 16th Street Station gets historic status, while advocates fight encroaching development