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Superior Court of California, René C. Davidson Alameda County Courthouse,
Mythbusters were here! (guest)
wrote
15 years ago:
This is the building where Mythbusters tested their toilet paper rope to escape prison in episode #111. They tried to descend from the roof and used different materials to make a rope (bed sheets, hair and toilet paper). Gladly they all succeeded!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mPc3UXu3w
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center,
Me (guest)
wrote
15 years ago:
Nope, its the parking garage!
Butters Canyon,
John (guest)
wrote
15 years ago:
It also seems to be the frequent location of earthquakes along the Hayward Fault.
Central East Oakland (The 30's, 40's, and 50's),
Fridaddy (guest)
wrote
15 years ago:
I have no idea who put this in, this is not Oakland. Its Hayward.
300-320 17th Street,
Xantrex
wrote
15 years ago:
So... this tag's main claim-to-fame is that it had some broken windows?
Bay Bridge Apartments,
CoastalFog
wrote
15 years ago:
This place closed at least a year ago. Still empty last time I looked.
Whole Foods Market,
CoastalFog
wrote
15 years ago:
An amazing edition of the Whole Foods chain and really big. REALLY big. Like you could fit a small town in this one.
Mountain View Cemetery,
dan (guest)
wrote
15 years ago:
this does not accurately encompass the boundaries of the cemetery. you have included the piedmont skate park, as well as some land owned by the claremont country club. also, the brown areas of the cemetery that are unlandscaped are actually unused city land, not mountain view cemetery.
Piedmont Avenue Shopping District,
jkeller (guest)
wrote
15 years ago:
Best Neighborhood in the SF Bay Area lived here for 10yrs.
4 BART stops from SF.
Dopo is what dinner out should be with friends or just a date, sit at the bar for a more intimate experience with the staff.
Heinold's First and Last Chance Bar,
scritch
wrote
16 years ago:
The last time I was in, the bar was so slanted by land settlement that our beers just barely stayed in place, but given a slight tap, would slide slowly down the bar.
Bilger Quarry,
Asaf (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
I had wondered myself but found some good info today:
It is part of the old Bilger quarry -- http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/rockridge-shopping-center-quarry/
Wikipedia says it is now used as a reservoir for the adjacent Claremont Country Club -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockridge,_Oakland,_California#History
College Preparatory School,
anonymous (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
What? College Preparatory School is a small private school? It's one of the most reputable day schools in the whole nation lol!
Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific) Diesel Locomotive maintenence facility. ,
floiseau
wrote
16 years ago:
Is it now an Alstom Transport facility?
Liemert Bridge,
john (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
Not cement...concrete.
Cathedral of Christ the Light Complex,
56768u54 (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
AKA Vigneron's Vanity
Cato's Ale House,
john (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
Cato's is awesome!
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center,
john (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
This complex of nasty buildings is currently being demolished to make way for a new hospital building...halleluja!
Oakland Maintenance Hanger,
www.flyoakland.com (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
Now part of the Oakland Maintenance Hangar
Oakland Intl Airport Gate 20,
www.flyoakland.com (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
southwest airlines terminal
Gate 3,
www.flyoakland.com (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
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