Posts Tagged ‘Oakland Heritage Alliance’
The architecture of Oakland: The Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building
On the reporting team for this series, one of us is from Brazil and one is from Southern California. We decided it would be great to learn more about some of the structures that represent Oakland’s beautiful landscape.
Read MoreOakland Heritage Alliance offers summertime walking tours
Each year the Oakland Heritage Alliance selects a variety of neighborhoods to visit when it offers its summer walking tours through the city. This year visitors will have the opportunity to visit 16 areas over eight weekends on tours such as the Mountain View Cemetery, Montclair Village and Oakland Walkways and Streetcar Heritage tours. Each trip is led by volunteers for the alliance, who include local history buffs, residents of the neighborhoods, as well as professors and business professionals familiar with the area.
Read MoreArt Deco in Uptown
Click through the slideshow above to find out more information about Uptown buildings designed in the Art Deco style in the 1930s.
Read MoreMountain View Cemetery considers updating chapels, adding funeral home
Over 170,000 people were at Mountain View Cemetery on Thursday night. But only 40 people actually had a pulse and were there to discuss the potential architectural and landscape changes that could take place over the next two years regarding a pair of historic chapels.
Read MoreNinth Avenue Terminal remains a point of controversy in development project
The Oakland Heritage Alliance continues its battle to save one of the area’s historic structures.
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