Oakland, School of Life
This is a biased and brief work in progress.
WORK IN PROGRESS! - Words migrate, images follow, coffee table style.
I hope you enjoy my on-going search for the meaning of life in the City of Oakland.
WORK IN PROGRESS! - Words migrate, images follow, coffee table style.
I hope you enjoy my on-going search for the meaning of life in the City of Oakland.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
About Villains and Heroes. About Beauty and Revolutionary Choices.
Being a Hero takes a lifetime. Being a Villain takes a moment.
Being a Hero takes a lifetime. Being a Villain takes a moment.
SECTION ONE - From the time before Oalkand, until 1906.
Oak Land has a World Wonder!
Americans, the Shellmounds, and the Ohlone Peoples - Revolutionary Choices.
The Spanish Mission Belt, Don Luis Peralta, and a Deluge of Americans
Gold! GoooOOLLLDDD!!!!!! The Fall of the Redwoods and the Spamming of the Australian Eucalyptus.
Mr. Carpenter and the Creation of the Town of Oakland.
The Waterfront Swindle and the Long Revolt - Oakland Oppressed from the Outset.
Oakland's First Protests. A City Destined to be an Industrial Thoroughfare
Henry Durant and the creation of the University of California
Frederick Law Olmsted, the original Landscape Architect, inspires Oakland
Railroadicus Terminus and the Waterfront Switcheroo
Dr. Samuel Merritt, the Man behind the Lake
Oakland--Owned by the Railroad
John L. Davie vs. The Octopus
Railroad vs. Railroad for the Waterfront
Mayor Mott gets Oakland's Waterfront back!
Yes...Horace Carpentier got away with robbing Oakland of its entire Waterfront
The Story Tellers of Early Oakland: Bret Harte, Ina Donna Coolbrith, and Joaquin Miller
Jack London
MORE CHAPTERS COMING SOON:!
The Natural Beauty of Oakland.
Monopolies and Ethnic Patronage, the Machine Politics of young Oakland.
Oak Land has a World Wonder!
Americans, the Shellmounds, and the Ohlone Peoples - Revolutionary Choices.
The Spanish Mission Belt, Don Luis Peralta, and a Deluge of Americans
Gold! GoooOOLLLDDD!!!!!! The Fall of the Redwoods and the Spamming of the Australian Eucalyptus.
Mr. Carpenter and the Creation of the Town of Oakland.
The Waterfront Swindle and the Long Revolt - Oakland Oppressed from the Outset.
Oakland's First Protests. A City Destined to be an Industrial Thoroughfare
Henry Durant and the creation of the University of California
Frederick Law Olmsted, the original Landscape Architect, inspires Oakland
Railroadicus Terminus and the Waterfront Switcheroo
Dr. Samuel Merritt, the Man behind the Lake
Oakland--Owned by the Railroad
John L. Davie vs. The Octopus
Railroad vs. Railroad for the Waterfront
Mayor Mott gets Oakland's Waterfront back!
Yes...Horace Carpentier got away with robbing Oakland of its entire Waterfront
The Story Tellers of Early Oakland: Bret Harte, Ina Donna Coolbrith, and Joaquin Miller
Jack London
MORE CHAPTERS COMING SOON:!
The Natural Beauty of Oakland.
Monopolies and Ethnic Patronage, the Machine Politics of young Oakland.