Oakland Unfolded
In 1948, as part of the promotion for the movie Mr. Blandings' Builds a Dream House starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, the studio built "dream houses" in cities across the United States. Oakland was chosen as one of the locations.
Black pioneers moved to Oakland soon after the town was founded in 1852. By 1860 23 blacks were living in the Oakland Township, and 18 were living in the town of Brooklyn (east of Lake Merritt, now a part of Oakland.) Isaac and Elizabeth Flood lived in Brooklyn (Oakland). They were among the noted “Negro... Continue Reading →
In the late summer and early fall of 1893 residents of Elmhurst began building a simple and dignified wood-framed church.
The Court of All Nations is located on Hillen Street (formally Trumbull Street) near Mills College, with a view of the bay and the nearby hills. The group of fifty homes was built in 1925, with the first four starting in January of that year.
Bancroft Avenue was to become a major thoroughfare linking San Leandro and Oakland, relieving the traffic on MacArthur, Foothill, and East 14th (now International)
More on the mansions that once graced the streets of Oakland
A 40-pound rock, blasted from the hills above Millsmont, was hurled half a mile and crashed through the roof and dining room ceiling at the home of Fred Bailey, 4017 Altamont Avenue.
A bit of history of some of the mansions that once graced the streets of Oakland. More to come at a later date.
Clinton Park was a conservation project, the first of this type in the Western United States.Oakland's first concentrated action against blight and substandard housing.
A Bit of History of the Lion Statues at the Oakland Zoo.
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