by Ken Katz Last year, Radbird served as the official stylist for a “Portrait Slam” sponsored by Tamron lenses at the Oakland Aviation Museum and they are even more excited this year to be invited for an encore at a cyberpunk inspired slam on Saturday, May 20 on the USS Hornet in Alameda. Up to […]
2023 April
Starbucks Closure Adds to a Long List of Vacancies
by Ken Katz As noted in last month’s article detailing the extent to which my East Piedmont Heights residential neighborhood has evolved over the past 120 years, change over time is inevitable. The same applies to the Grand Lake shopping district. Originally, circa 1915, Lakeshore between Lake Park and Mandana was also residential, as evidenced […]
Splash Pad News – April 2023
Odds and Ends – April 2023
A fond farewell to Kira Pascoe who has served as the Lakeshore BID’s part-time Co-Director (along with Carol Knight) for nearly five years. Kira revolutionized the position — upgrading the monthly blog, helping organize special events, and actively working to promote Lakeshore and Lake Park businesses — especially when it was so critical during the […]