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Lakeshore Avenue Update – March 2024
Lin Jia is one of our neighborhood gems and is the subject of this month’s Lakeshore update. Meet owner Marcia Lam and go make a reservation! Also for those of you with children, mark your calendar for March 30 — the Hop & Shop Derby Parade, that includes a scavenger hunt on the Avenue.
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Lakeshore Avenue Update – February 2024
Happy 25th Anniversary to Silver Moon Kids By Racheal Scott & Kelsey Heath, Lakeshore BID In the heart of Berkeley, a small secondhand baby store named Silver Moon Kids became the seed of an unexpected entrepreneurial journey. This story unfolds over 25 years, starting when Dima Hart’s son was just a year old. Back in…
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Lakeshore Avenue Update – January 2024
Last week, the Beauty Center announced that they were closing due to a significant downturn in pedestrian traffic and sales — ongoing concerns on both Lakeshore and Grand Avenue, with some businesses more heavily impacted than others. This particular shop’s closing is particularly regrettable since it has become something of an institution with loyal customers…
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Lakeshore Avenue Update – December 2023
In an April 2023 article titled, “Starbucks Closure Adds to a Long List of Vacancies,” we reported that thirteen storefronts on Lakeshore were unoccupied — one of which had actually already reopened as the vegan offspring of Rico Rico Taco. It’s safe to say that the situation has improved remarkably since the spring. This past…
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Lakeshore Avenue Update – October 2023
If you’re not already aware of this, Soroush Ghaderi, the long-time owner of Mama’s Royal Cafe has purchased and is now operating Shakewell. We’re delighted to share his heartfelt message: It is with great enthusiasm and a deep sense of responsibility that I greet you as the new owner of Shakewell. Some of you may…
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Lakeshore BID – July 2023 News
by Racheal Scott Weekend before last, a drag show at Shakewell organized by Tim Nugent raised $10,000 to support the Oakland LGBTQ Center. A great time was had by all. Hipline has six pop-ups scheduled for July — the first of which, the Outdoor Shimmy Pop Express with Alicia is Saturday, July 1. Across the…
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Lakeshore Home for the Holidays
by Kira Pascoe – November was a pivotal month giving much of Oakland a burst of homegrown pride as we continue to weather the challenges of 2020. Oakland native Kamala Harris, daughter of two immigrants, is the first South Asian, African American, and female vice-president-elect (that is three firsts!). December’s blog celebrates the beautiful diversity right here…
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An Old Generation Treat for a New Generation
10:15 pm on a Tuesday night and Lakeshore Avenue is dead. A few cars whiz past on the street and some stop to park outside closed shops and restaurants. The thick, sticky, sweet scent of sugared treats wafts down the sidewalk pulling people into the only business that’s open at this end of the block.…
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“It Takes a Collage” – Jan. 30, 2017
A sociologist and an anthropologist sat down to talk about retail, and the conversation inevitably spread out in ever larger circles from its starting point: the imminent closure of the colorful Collage Clothing Lounge at 3344 Lakeshore Ave. This sad kernel of a recent conversation between me and Collage owner/sociology major, Amanda Robinson, jumped quickly…
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Lakeshore Blog – July 2014
By BID Director, Pamela Drake Lakeshore Thrives but Parking Still Available Lakeshore and LakePark Avenues are so popular these days that you might see cars backed up in the Trader Joes lot waiting for another car to leave, but this is no longer necessary! The lot is owned by the City but run by Sansome…
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Lakeshore Blog – March 2014
LAKESHORE BLOG by Pamela Drake, BID Director The 27th Annual Lakeshore Easter Parade & Derby Decorating Contest & the 6th Annual Lakeshore Baptist Church Spring Children’s Festival Please join us for this free, non-denominational event. Bring your kids, your grandkids, or your neighbors kids. Every child receives a prize! Or just take a seat…
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Lakeshore Blog – February 2014
Lakeshore Avenue Business Improvement District February 2014 Blog It isn’t very often that Lakeshore sees so many new businesses open in such a short period of time, but over this spring four new businesses have done just that. This and other improvements to the Avenue should significantly raise our profile and enhance your neighborhood shopping…
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Lakeshore-Lake Park News
The Lakeshore-Lake Park News is a monthly feature authored by Pamela Drake, the Director of the Lakeshore Business Improvement District. The Lakeshore BID The Lakeshore Avenue Business Improvement District is the oldest BID in Oakland-a vehicle that property owners use to tax themselves to pay for improvements to the retail district they are part of.…
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