By Sheila McCormick The East Bay Children’s Book Project (EBCBP) helps build literacy – getting books to children with little or no access to them, via teachers, social workers, health care professionals, community outreach groups, housing authority employees, and police officers. Books are provided free of charge to schools, daycare and community centers, homeless shelters, and […]
Lakeview Library Happenings
Lakeview Library Happenings The Lakeview Branch Library is a great resource for our neighborhood. This article is for those (few?) in the neighborhood who might be unaware of the cool things happening there. Lakeview is open 5 days a week: Tuesday: 12:30 pm – 8:00 pm; Wednesday: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm; Thursday: 10:00 am […]
LAKE MERRITT LAUNDROMAT UPGRADES
By Sheila McCormick Confession: I last used a laundromat about 30 years ago, and that was because the knob and tube wiring in the house we’d just moved into didn’t have the capacity to run our washer and dryer. Once we upgraded the power, no more need. Lake Merritt Laundromat, at 500 Wesley Ave., was taken over […]
CONDO DEVELOPMENT AT 601 MACARTHUR – UPDATE
Update on Condos at 601 MacArthur – Later Than Sooner There was another informational meeting on June 20th, held at St. Vartan’s church. The developer, Lake House Development (LHD), was represented by Public Affairs Director Valerie Camarda and Architect Tony Pantaleoni. As there was a city council meeting that same evening, Councilman Abel Guillen […]
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 […]
New Sneaker Store on Wesley Avenue
Ten/11, billed as Oakland’s Premier Sneaker Store and located at 494 Wesley Avenue, had its Grand Opening on May 13th. I stopped in to check it out a week later and chatted with the owner, Peter Abramov, and his store manager, Qais Shaghasi. This space, in the same building as the Leaning Tower of Pizza, […]
Exploring Our Neighborhoods on Foot and With Camera – March
A fifth neighborhood walk, this time in Adams Point. 2.82 miles, with a 152 ft. rise in elevation. Walk starts and ends at Grand and Euclid. You will see some historical houses (e.g. 88 Vernon, former residence of Governor Earl Warren and now administrative offices for Clausen House; 385 Bellevue, designed by Julia Morgan; and […]
Feet on the Street – February 26, 2017
Feet on the Street Starting about seven years ago, a small, but dedicated group of neighbors has been walking the Cleveland Heights Neighborhood to encourage better lighting of properties. Weather permitting, the “Feet on the Street” group meets the first Wednesday of the month, from September until May. The walks, which last an hour […]
Exploring Our Neighborhoods on Foot and With Camera – February 24, 2017
WALK FOUR – Cleveland Heights is posted on our Splash Pad News Facebook page with a complete summary of the route accompanied by twenty-five photos. This, the fourth neighborhood walk posted by Sheila McCormick, covers a lot of territory in the Cleveland Heights Neighborhood (sometimes called Haddon Hill). The total length is 3 miles, with […]
Condos at 601 MacArthur
Condos at 601 MacArthur On February 9, Lake House Development Team LLC (LHD) held an informational meeting at St.Vartan’s Armenian Church, on Spruce St., to update interested neighbors about their plans for 601 MacArthur, the long-time vacant lot at the corner of MacArthur and Wesley Ave. About twenty neighbors attended the meeting, as well as District […]