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Sheila McCormick Neighborhood Walks · June 1, 2017

EXPLORING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS on FOOT and with CAMERA – June 1, 2017

A couple of Splash Pad News readers have asked me why the walks are titled, “Exploring Our Neighborhoods on Foot and with Camera.” That title is in homage to a book I bought at The Bookmark Bookstore, 721 Washington Street, operated by the Friends of the Oakland Public Library (disclosure, I am on the FOPL Board). “Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera,” a 1963 edition of a 1930 book,  is an elaboration of a talk that Robert Benchley, the early 20th-century humorist, presented at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. Chappell’s book has chapter titles such as, “Into the Oral Cavern” and “Great Doings in the Peritoneum” and cartoon illustrations such as, “The One Man Sub with which I Navigated the Aorta” and “We Shoot the Rapids at the Confluence of the Gall and the Spleen.”  

The seven walks posted so far pretty much cover the canonical Splash Pad neighborhoods: five start in the business districts of Lakeshore or Grand and venture into Trestle Glen, Crocker Highlands, or Piedmont, while the other two explore Adams Point or Haddon Hill/Cleveland Heights.  

Please let us know if you would like to see more “On Foot and with Camera” walks in adjacent neighborhoods (Uptown, Chinatown, Glenview, Piedmont Ave., Bella Vista, Lake Merritt Parkway, etc.).

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  1. Vicki Solomon says

    June 2, 2017 at 7:24 am

    I tried to look at previous walks, and couldn’t find them. I tried both SHEILA MCCORMICK NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS and just SHEILA MCCORMICK.
    I like the look of the Splashpad blog, but it would be more useful if I could find things easier.

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    • Sheila McCormick says

      June 2, 2017 at 8:16 am

      yes, we know about that problem and are working on getting it fixed. In the meantime, if you are on Facebook, you can find all the walks and all the pictures from each walk there (the newsletter only has the map and selected pictures). The Facebook page is called Splash Pad News – Oakland, and to make it easier for you to find the walks, they were posted to the Facebook page on April 28, April 1, March 16, February 28, February 12, January 28, and January 17. If you are not on Facebook, we will get the problem fixed soon.

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      • Ken Katz says

        June 2, 2017 at 9:08 am

        All seven walks are now assembled in one archive on THIS LINK:

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