Posts from — July 2008

In the report for Oakland’s Zoning Update Committee of the Planning Commission for Wednesday’s hearing (PDF), city’s staff makes several major mistakes in Attachment H (pdf), among other places, regarding the height of existing buildings and their placement on the skyline, as discussed at A Better Oakland. From the selection below, try to spot all eight ten errors.

Lake Merritt Skyline

Recently the fine men and women of Oakland’s Public Works Department painted over a “guerilla” crosswalk installed in May by frustrated activists in the Gold Coast neighborhood. One resident is turning to public art to aid the pedestrian-unfriendly intersection: below is his proposal, Pride Mural.