Strolling Oakland: Lowest Broadway

On Broadway

My constitutional rights:

freedom of movement,

freedom of speech

Broadway begins at the water

the original old Oakland

Some people have

odd imaginings

Whatever floats

your toy boat

It runs under

the dollar sign

 

 Jesus Christ was a man 
a hard working man
                   --Woody Guthrie

 Brass doors

a defunct brasserie

 

 Eighties glamour

 Oakland embraces hedonism

almost sybaritic 

indulgence

 A soul food restaurant

 for vegans

 And assorted 

jazzbos

 Tiles 

and tesserae

of a fragmented town

 Highway Installation

 by Richard Serra

 Cannabis dispensary

across from Oakland Police

 headquarters

 Splendors of Oakland

 Lower Broadway style

2016