The Town (Oakland, California)

[Nineties Flava]

I've been on this site a while but never made a thread. Many of you will recognize me and my Oakland work from SSP. In the interest of not reposting the sets I already posted over there, I compiled a "best of" set of sorts.

For those unfamiliar with the Town, Oakland is a mid-sized city of around 400,000 in the Bay Area; it's the central hub of the East Bay and is the historic industrial center and transit hub of Northern California. There are five sides to Oakland: East, West, North, Downtown and the Hills. The majority of these were taken in East Oakland both because it's the largest side and it's where I used to live. I have a lot to say about the city that partly raised me but I'll save that for another time.

Welcome to Oakland.

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[christos-greece]

Interesting, very nice photos from Oakland

[Nineties Flava]

^Thanks

[giovani_red]

What a wonderful, wonderful thread. Thank you for posting.

[Nineties Flava]

^Thanks for looking

[Linguine]

nice photos...thanks for sharing.

[alexander2000]

very nice photo collection - Fox Oakland is a gem and I like those wall paintings.

[612bv3]

Great pictures! I was at Grand Lake two days ago with some friends. Watched the sunset from the lake. Beautiful city and gets way too much bad press. BTW what's #67? Didn't know a building like that was in Oakland.

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by 612bv3

Great pictures! I was at Grand Lake two days ago with some friends. Watched the sunset from the lake. Beautiful city and gets way too much bad press. BTW what's #67? Didn't know a building like that was in Oakland.

That would be Mills College in East Oakland; IMO it's easily the most underrated college campus in the Bay Area in terms of beauty.

Thanks for looking!

[blumd6587]

Thank you for the photos，Beautiful!

[madonnagirl]

great...you've covered a large part of the city. the Fox Oakland is a gem. do you have any interior shots of it?

[Nineties Flava]

^number 85 is an interior shot of the Fox Theater, I have more but I'd have to upload them first.

[sky-eye]

Intresting city, thanks for posting!

[juanico]

I recognise your talent as a photographer. You managed to capture the essence of the city and especially its people, not only the buildings. Some very unusual shots by the way. That picture inside the bikers club is a gem.

[Nineties Flava]

^Thanks, that was one of my favorite shots as well.

[diz]

Great pics! Oh Oakland... still ghetto after all these years.

[fieldsofdreams]

Here I go... Representing the North Bay.

Yes, I love the quirkiness of Oakland, despite its sketchy nature... I mean, East Oakland is a place I'd rather pass through rather than stop by (unless I want to find trouble, if you know what I mean!). But, I really like Oakland because it is a more mellow version of San Francisco, a city where it isn't that too crowded and doing pretty well. I especially love the Lake Merritt and Downtown areas a lot... Yet I still want to appreciate Grand Avenue, the Oakland Hills, Koreatown, and San Pablo Avenue much more. I still have to get to know Rockridge too, but hey, I might end up working in Downtown Oakland as an intern pretty soon... great pics too.

Perhaps I could share some of my pics here, or I'll do it on my own album instead. I'll just note: Oakland Pics.

[Nineties Flava]

^Thanks for viewing!

Oakland's a big place that takes a while to become familiar with. It's a city of neighborhoods, and there's 120+ of those that are all different.

[fieldsofdreams]

Indeed. I wonder how many neighborhoods are there in East Oakland though... It's quite notorious.

[fozzy]

Downtown looks OK!! as for the rest the word shithole comes to mind :/