Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 28

C4 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE In 1962 Smith's a men'a dotting store moved In and the prominent letters of the store's name attached perpendicularly' to the buildings facade immediately became a downtown feature-Founded In 1886 by FTench-born William Smith who opened his first haberdashery on 7th Street chain would grow to 25 stores under the direction of his son and later his Landmarks Most would agree the heart of 'downtown Oakland Is the lntersec- tlon where Broadway 14th Street and SanPablb Avenue connect Since the earliest days tills Intersection has been a pivotal loc Uon As orlglnally laid put by town surveyor Julius Kellersberger In 1850 Broadway attended from the water's edge at Estuary Creek some 14 blocks from that point San Pablo radl-: ated north at an angled Hollowing a cattle trail used by vaqueros during the rancho era The route went to Martinez and points north- Records showthe frail probably was forged by generations of inhabit- ants Journeying fool across the East Bay plains -v As Oakland grew business ac- tower was completed tar 1911-Un-: like Us predecessors whlchhad fronted on Washington Street the new city hall faced'east toward Brbadway 'r For decades the southeast corner of Broadwayandl4th was dominated by the landmark MacDonough A1 Jolson's The Jazz Singer" one of many popular pictures to premiere In the revampecheater During the Depression the theater-changed hands several tlmes and tt dosed 1945 At that time It was theState Theater J- More than a decade would pass 7 before new plans for the site materialized The g-and old theater was demolished In 1956 to make way for a modem international-style skyscraper Eighteen-stories high the struc- hue was designed by the firm Straw Mulloy Marracclnl and constructed by Swhwrtrai and Walberg for the First Western Bank and Trust The T-plan steel-fraine tower was faced 'with blue-fp-ay aluminum panels and blue-tinted gftas' bounded with bright aluminum nwK lions A' nine-stray garage wing fronted 13th Street The high-rise (at -1330 Broadway) has been compared to famed Crown ZeDerbach complex In San Francisco which opened the following year and was designed by Skidmore Owlngs Merrill Both structures exhibit glass-curtain wall facades with aluminum muttons and tinted windows Theater building According to Cuk tlvlty gradually moved uptown away tural Heritage Survey Hies from the- water By the turn' of the downtown's most lavish Is It was the Loma Meta "earth- has housed several city departments Including the' research unit responsible for the ongoing work of the heritage survey Architectural historian Michael CTawe will lead a walking tour today starting at 1:30 pm which focuses'on this and otter examples of Oakland's recent past The tour Is sponsored by -the Oakland Heritage Alliance The tour starts In front of the Marriott-Hotel at 11 th and Broadway For more information call 763-9218 Wednesday Sept 10 tins Oakland 'Tours' Programsponsored City Center tour also will profile the changing skyline at Broadway and 14th Call 238-3234 for Information and to make a reservation building where stars such as Ethel Barrymore and Caruso performed fair thCcarrlagetrade" Following World War I motion pictures became the popular mode of entertainment The MacDonough was remodeled substantially by architects Weeks and Day (who later would design the lavish Fox Theater uptown) century Broadway and 14fh had be-' 'come the focal point of die economic and social Ufe of theclty It also was the civic center A series of City Hall structures were erected beside a shaped plaza just west of the Intersection The last to be built a gleaming white beaiix-arts-style municipal tower crowned by an ornate dock was at the heart of for many years' Running i 97 miles to try to save By Nsncy Fong STAffWWTBt SAN LEANDRO Mike Cor-' bifi Is running for his child's life literally tod time is running ouL 34-year-old real estate broker and his relay team com- posed of family and friends will run a 197-mlle race dedicated' 7 to bis 2-year-old daughter-Delaney Corbitt on Sepl and 2Py -Delaney doesn't know the gravity of her situation She like lARTSftENTERTAHMefT with lima paper and otter activities 16 aduki $3 chldran 10 am to 5 pm 1000 Oak-St Tuesday Today -7 ONE-STOP SCHOOL A uniform end anmunbahon cfnic ia being Oakland Atfc School ftudenfc of anrolmenc noon to 7 pm Thursday 0USD Cenlral Adminia- many 2-year-olds likes to watch book and pointed to a page of bodily functions -Carolyn Berry' chairwoman for the California Coalition on Organ and Tissue Donation said don't think about r- children What the cpaliUoh and Delaney's family are trying to do la to educate people about organ donation and make them realize there are children who need transplants Public education Is crucial in getting people to consent to donation-' This year's race has about 110-teams participating com-pared with 10 teams just three years ago San Leandro resident Mike Corbitt says he never has run in his whole life but now he -awakens at 6 am to trsdn The race called will benefit organ donation or ganlzatlonS- The race starts to Callstoga and ends in Santa Cruz -7 For toformatlon on the race call the California Transplant Donor Network call Second Aw i CHWESE STREET FEST This armud pvent offers mueic danca comedy gamaa 1 and community resource boothR cooking and crafts 10 am to 6 pm downtown Oakland's Chinatown A YEAR OF The Phoebe Het Museum of Anthropology praaentt an axM-feition of (inching in the Eaat Bay South-Western pottoy the study of cuMne and hyian food trough Sept 14 UC Berkeley Krober Hal Room 3712-' QAVALIERM RUSTCANA Oakland Monday Lyric Operetionductor Jun NakabsyasN per- forma "Cavatierie RuaticaniT and' Taanni Schicchl" 2 pm Scottfeh Rbe Cantor 1547 exchange offered for bring proof through tratioa 1625 ROBESON The MEEHNGS Two-ysar-old Delanwy Corbitt of Hayward la waiting for a kldnay Her father haa organlzad a foot race in September to benefit organ donation He' said that his wife still asks herself: 1 do something that made- this She was doing everything right exercising eating right- As heir dad talked about her condition one evening Delaney ran around the robm She picked up children's picture Disney videos wants her bottle and likes to visit her grandmother who lives In the house behind hers But Delaney is different She has one' kidney which is functioning around 10 percent its normal ability Eventually she wHl outgrow that 10 percent capacity- Delaney must lake a growth hormone every night Sometimes she throws up seven or eight: times a day For that reason her older sister Mad- Ison 4 began following Delaney around with a bucket said their father -only hope Is to ob tain another kldnty She has waited since birth 7 Doctors know why but CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE -r Bay Area Paul Robeson Centennial Comminae meets to update mambara on outreach- arid prajeefe'and (ton pfeto 7 pm Claremont House 4500 Gitiart St DRUG USE SUPPORT GROUP Nar Anon offers a support group for rotatiwi and friends of addicts Mondayfc 7:30 to 9 pm Summit Hoapilai DotZoraT Dining room Nst floor 3200 Sunmk SL Oakland Lakeside Drive OaktantL 531-4231 from $10420 are awlabfe onate JAZZ ON SUNDAYS David Hardh man's San Ftanciaco AfrSfer Unto Big Bnd performs a free jazz conoart followed by a 1 history of jazz aamirar and open jam ses-siorU 10 6 pm Golden Gale library 5606 San Pablo Aw Oakland a blood clot formed in the artery leading to rate of Delaney'S kidneys after her mother Danielle seven months pregnant at the -time was given a drug fo stop contractions of early labor The blood clot permanently damaged brie of Delaney's kidneys Dpctors performed an emergency Caesarean section' Delaney weighed 4 pounds at birth ''Later the blood clot grew and damaged her remaining kidney it happened we Were really mad" said Mike Corbitt Chances to learn MOTS SUPPORT GROUP -Houpa FhatwiaSan Antonio Famfly Ufa Ra-fource Canfer offer a weekly Men's Support Group each Monday topics include 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