Saturday, April 22, 2017

Strolling Oakland: Chinatone to the Warehouse Zone














A walk on a cloudy Saturday last month
a cloudy Saturday just like today


As the crow flies
a bird's eye view
let's see
what I think I saw




 Into China like
a latter-day Marco Polo
 Somewhat gloomy
no one really knows
what goes on here




 Mysteries without solutions
like this quixotic vacant lot
untrampled amid the multitudes




Chinese throw shapes


 Ethnic notional wall paintings
turns out this is a gang headquarters
I snuck up and pounced on them
the pussies



Anti-white privilege
the process where one minority
claims the victimization and response
due to another far more oppressed






 The haunted Oakland Portal
the living are rarely present

The other side of the sculpture
a portal
over the tunnel to Alameda


 A red brick district

 Seen in A Hard Day's Night

 A wall as palimpsest

Around here
even the dogs
drink Guinness


 Nice textures
Couldn't tell if it was a gym
or a place selling gym equipment





Repurposed as housing
and modular biz space


 Springtime
West of the Rockies
Monahan monolith
the best-looking guy
in my high school was a Monahan
He seemed bashful about his good looks



Coin of the real estate realm


 Some guys have necks
thicker than their heads



Jack London Square
train station
end of today's trail


 Two o'clock in the afternoon







18 March 2017

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