The Oakland Drive-by Project

The Oakland Drive-by Project http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com A photographic retrospective of Oakland intersections.... Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:45:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png The Oakland Drive-by Project http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com a start at the heart http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/a-start-at-the-heart/ http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/a-start-at-the-heart/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:15:33 +0000 peggyrehm http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/?p=9 Continue reading →]]> for awhile i thought about the project’s first intersection. should i start in my hood, near a favorite hang-out, city hall? i decided to head to city center and poke around and i knew it as soon as i saw it: 13th and broadway. city center BART, de lauer’s, the only taxi stand in oakland and the tribune tower. it’s labor day and downtown is deserted except for the Oakland Black Caucus feed-the-needy BBQ, a service provided on every federal holiday. between 300-600 needy are fed. today was oakland with no make-up on….no commuters, no bustling markets. but as usual i meet friendly people like Fasil, the new owner of De Lauer’s Newsstand and a couple of Sikh taxi-drivers. here is some of what i saw…….

]]> http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/a-start-at-the-heart/feed/ 0 peggyrehm VW and De Lauer @ 13th and Broadway http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/vw-and-de-lauer-13th-and-broadway/ http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/vw-and-de-lauer-13th-and-broadway/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:23:03 +0000 peggyrehm http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/vw-and-de-lauer-13th-and-broadway/ ]]>

VW @ De Lauer, 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

]]> http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/vw-and-de-lauer-13th-and-broadway/feed/ 0 peggyrehm de lauer @ 13th and Broadway http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/de-lauer-13th-and-broadway/ http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/de-lauer-13th-and-broadway/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:21:49 +0000 peggyrehm http://oaklanddriveby.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/de-lauer-13th-and-broadway/ ]]>

de lauer @ 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

buy your snacks and your reading material here! de lauer’s 24 hr newsstand – an oakland institution for over 100 years

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taxi man 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

oakland’s only taxi stand. take note.

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Jag – 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

jaguar, an oakland classic

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Radio – 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

radio lounge. not as smokey as the ruby room, but pretty smokey.

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13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

the towering tribune tower

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tribune – 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

the oakland tribune. no longer found here and barely a newspaper.

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Buffet 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

golden lotus vegetarian restaurant

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PO BOX 13th and Broadway, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

federal holiday @ your downtown PO Box

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