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2022 March, News, Newsletter · March 1, 2022

Splash Pad News – March 2022

2022 March, Dan Foster, Farmers Market · March 1, 2022

Farmers Market Update – March 2022

by Dan Foster Market Manager Picks: Fogline Farm– Marinated chicken. They have high quality, humanely raised chicken that comes in delicious marinades. Relatively new vendor – please check them out if you haven’t! Lifefood Gardens – Micro Greens! These are nutrient packed greens that go easily in salads, sandwiches, smoothies, or as garnishes. Delicious and […]

2022 March, Jerry Barclay · March 1, 2022

Homegrown Landscape Architect – David Thorne

by Jerry Barclay Landscape Architect David Thorne’s Oakland legacies run deep. His father, Beverley D. Thorne, was a noted modernist architect who uniquely developed the use of steel as the structure for his residential designs (more on this later). The offices of David Thorne Landscape Architect are located at 3315 Grand Avenue – the original […]

2022 March, Sheila McCormick · March 1, 2022

My New and Fun Volunteer Job

by Sheila McCormick I started exploring other volunteer options in October 2020, when I stepped down from the Board of the Friends of the Oakland Public Library. In 2016 or so, I had heard a presentation from the UC-Berkeley Retirees Association that had mentioned Ashby Village. What is Ashby Village? It is not a residential […]

2022 March, Odds and Ends · March 1, 2022

Odds and Ends – March 2022

Thumbing through early editions of the Splash Pad News,  we recently came across the following note posted in 2006: “Week after this, look for a new hot food vendor–Tamearra Dyson’s Souley Vegan Catering.” Two years later, we reported this: “Over in the Plaza, a lot of dedicated customers are happy to see Souley Vegan back in the […]

2022 March, Grand Avenue Merchant News, Ken Katz · March 1, 2022

Grand Avenue Merchant News – March 2022

by Ken Katz Radbird Fashion and Consignment, which just celebrated the 5th Anniversary of their location in Berkeley next to the Claremont Hotel, quietly opened its second location at 3223 Grand a couple of weeks ago. The owner, Lori Tiedemann, chose Grand Avenue for a number of reasons. One being that the new shop is […]

2022 March, Guest Post, Ken Katz · February 28, 2022

One Less Bridge to Cross?

by Ken Katz Chances are you know more about the fictional “Bridge on the River Kwai” than you do about the pedestrian overcrossing that spans 580 from MacArthur at Van Buren to Santa Clara at the westbound 580 on-ramp. That will likely change now that Caltrans has announced plans to tear it down as part […]

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