"Automatic weapons for civilians?" Oakland (Mountain View Cemetery), Berkeley, Albany (Solano Ave.) - Feb. 22, 2022

We visit the Mountain View Cemetery once or twice a year. Taking a cue from Naomi’s dad Bill Sinai, we “made a day of it.” We included architecture & murals in downtown Oakland, Fenton’s Creamery for lunch, explored parts of the Mountain View Cemetery, gathered food & coffee in Berkeley’s “gourmet ghetto,” & strolled along Solano Ave. into Albany. (We were in search of a greeting card/novelty store that we discovered was no longer in business.)

The view from I - 80. Always impressive.

Naomi caught sight of this tagged sign. How did they ever get away with that?

Naomi's first social work clients were in this hotel.

Can you find the reflection of the building?

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Oakland CIty Hall clock tower.

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While bicycling recently, one of the folks mentioned the beautifully tiled Howden Market building in downtown Oakland. We were headed in that direction so we set Google maps for the building at 18th & Webster Streets.

Mural on the side of the Howden Building.

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That's a shame. The crash into the building occured on July 24, 2021.

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STOPWASTE - 1537 Webster St. The Oakland Facility is operated by Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste. “We put our green building & Bay-Friendly Landscaping know-how to work when we renovated an old building in Oakland to create a healthy, energy efficient new office. The project was the first renovated building in the country to earn LEED Platinum certification, the highest rating in the LEED Green Building Rating System.”

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Note the "BE NICE - KINDNESS ZONE" sign.

When I looked through the window, it was a mess inside but it was established in 1984!

Naomi's dad, Bill Sinai, graduated as a dentist from San Francisco's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1921. He set up his first dental office in this brick building.

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At one time this was the I. Magnin department store.

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This fellow moved back so I could take the previous photo. This is at the next stop light where I thanked him.

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The Oakland Medical Center was the first of the Kaiser Permanente hospitals, & opened in 1942. Kamala Harris was born in the Oakland Medical Center. This pictured facility is c. 2014.

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Mytles Lodge was a Fenton's Creamery gift shop. It's been closed now for a few years. They must own the property.

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Like stepping back in time.

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The Mountain View Cemetery is 226-acres & was established in 1863. Mountain View was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (Central Park...)

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Vienna to Orinda but he couldn't get into the Orinda Country Club.

We liked these short & sweet epitaphs.

This Grand Army of the Republic plot preserves the memory of Civil War Union Army veterans. "Our nation's honored dead 1861-1865" c. May 30,1893

Many tombstones simply said "U.S. SOLDIER" or "U.S. NAVY."

Inspector on Gen. Grant's staff.

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We drove down 4th St. to check on the progress of the recently closed Bette's Ocean View Diner. The name has been changed to Ocean View Diner & looks like it will reopen soon. Yippee!