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 by GenuinelyCurious
There's bird-watching, people-watching and general strolling in a great environment.
There are more people to hang out with on Piedmont Avenue, Rockridge (College Ave) and Jack London Square.
There's more natural beauty in East Bay Regional Park and, surprisingly intriguing: Mountain View Cemetery where SF's elite from the last century have been laid to rest.
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midnight by davequ
The waterfront can be very pretty & peaceful, yet still busy at night.
Walking the Jack London boardwalk and sitting up late one night in the Waterfront Plaza watching them load a huge cargo freighter.
Sounds boring, (maybe it IS) but it was intriguing watching how the huge rail cartons are trucked;
then the whole truck lifted up into the belly of the ship by gigantic cranes like the ones in the pic;
where the truck drives to the location inside the ship to unload the carton;
finally the empty truck is lifted & unloaded by the crane back down to the dock so it can drive off for another carton.
This was repeated over and over all night until a mind-boggling (tons & tons) number of cartons had been placed onboard for a voyage to somewhere in Asia / Pacific.
It was interesting to watch, and the impression it gave me of the scope and size of international trade really put things into perspective & made me feel rather small. Leave a Comment
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 by kat_on_moray
My fondest memory of Oakland was watching the sunset over San Francisco Bay - it really is beautiful! Oh, I also have very fond memories of playing foos ball on a really old table (so I was told) in a Mexican taqueria - I never knew a game could be so much fun! The table had much more character than the one pictured here. Leave a Comment
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 by nrg510
Oakland's neighborhoods are the cities heart and soul; and because of the area's decentralised nature, they are also where most of the action is.
(photo: a residential street off of Piedmont Avenue) Leave a Comment
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 by zwack
You can see the physical feature of Oakland like hill steeply,but lovely. Leave a Comment
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 by zwack
When i first time came here,The Oakland Tribune Building which shows on picture impressed me,it's the symbol of city. Leave a Comment
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The most notable place to visit in Oakland is Jack London Square, right near the water with a little boardwalk, and some really good affordable restaurants, such as the Spaghetti Factory and TGIF's. Leave a Comment
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