Framing Oakland
A ambulatory survey of chance encounters,
notable structures west of Broadway downtown
Architectural achievement recognized
Not to suggest that everyone is happy
about the way things turned out
About the distance between the ASK building
And the Carles Hotel
A voyage never undertaken
The distance between the ASK building
And the Dellums federal building
With it's prismatic windows
Trailblazers
Keeping the haves and the have-nots happy
Pavilion of our great state of California
No rain so no roof necessary
Designer/Builder credits
Kind of crimping the state seal
Ye olde City Hall
Reincarnation
It is all around
Oakland still has a place for hard-working white men
Overall a place worthy of preservation
One can still detect aspects of its Deco heyday
A grand piano of a building
Opening into classical civilization
Uptown,
A tree grows in Oakland
A tree grows in Oakland
The Flaneur regards and records
A culture soon to vanish
To recur only in dreams
15 June 2015
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