Greetings, Thank you so much for your interest in volunteering as Splash Pad Park celebrates the 2023 edition of Earth Day on Sunday, April 23 from 9 to Noon. Tools and gloves will be provided but please be sure to wear shoes and clothing suitable for weeding and litter pickup. In order to ensure that we […]
Splash Pad News – March 2023
Odds and Ends – March 2023
Ordinarily, an event such as this wouldn’t warrant more than a passing note in the Splash Pad News but the Treasure Sale at Piedmont Community Church on March 11 and 12 is the exception. For the past twenty-five years, they’ve had students and adults venturing to Tijuana and Tecate during Spring Break where they’ve constructed […]
Unlike Disneyland’s Main Street, Cities Change
by Ken Katz Unlike the Main Street that Walt Disney unveiled to the world in 1955, cities invariably change over time. A case in point is a residential neighborhood above Mandana and east of Lakeshore that is identified in property records as East Piedmont Heights. As shown on this 1877 map, plans for developing four […]
Grand Avenue Merchant News – March 2023
by Ken Katz The Grand Opening of ReLove on February 18 was simply GRAND! I arrived a couple of hours after the doors opened and managed to get inside but just barely. A line of customers waiting to pay for their purchases extended up the stairway and beyond. Three hundred people (mostly their San Francisco […]
Farmers Market Update – March 2023
Reminder, you can check the location of your favorite vendors, and find out if they are attending, via our interactive Market Map that’s updated throughout the week with a final update on Saturday mornings at 7am. Market Participant Spotlight: Brundo Spice Company – An Ethiopian Women-Owned Company that prioritizes sustainable and equitable business practices, from […]
Pancho Pescador Awaken Mural
We’ve titled the above photo collage, “What a Difference a Couple of Weeks Makes,” which seems like an obvious choice when you view the before and after photos we grabbed from muralist Pancho Pescador’s Facebook page. Pancho is a prolific and highly regarded muralist. The Local Wiki page has twenty-five of his murals listed — which is very […]
Splash Pad News – February 2023
Grand Avenue Merchant News – February 2023
by Ken Katz The Noir City Film Festival, which ended on the 29th, was a huge success at the Grand Lake box office, but it also directly benefited at least two Grand Avenue businesses. Attendees attired in period dress ventured up the block to snap up copies of Dark City and books in the film […]
Odds and Ends – February 2023
We’re very sorry to report that, early on the morning of January 15, Ikaros, Neecha Thai, Modigliani, and Qi Dumpling were all burglarized. According to George Adranly, owner of Ikaros, the perpetrator was in and out of his restaurant in less than a minute and walked away with a roll of dimes. Replacement of the […]