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THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE LOCAL Calendar Chances to learn Today and Wednesday 1st high-rise restored, TEEN HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE -Dm Oakland ftibfc Library aponaore two frn Teen Homoworfc Antencc Contort of taring homework waiince. 3:30 to 7:30 pm Wedneictavi; 1 to 5 pm Sunday, Mein Ubrari Weet Auditorium, 125 1h St, 2363848, Monday SUNDAY. March ia 2001 FREE ADOPTION ORIENTATIONS -FamBadTrar Foator Cere end Adoption Agency wR conduct tree orientation out-1 Ining teeter perent end adoption opportune tiea, 6 to 8 pm, Fmkvale Branch of the Oakland PubSc Ubraiy, 3565 FnAwata Awe, OakkmL 434-3005. ADVEN1UREADERS A new atorytima daaignad eapaciaVy for chldran krgradaa 1 to 31 which incorporate atoriaa; aonga, word play and game, 7 pm, Oaldand Pubfic brarYe Dimond Branch, 3666 Fnikvato Awe, Oakland, 482-7844. Mumiia-fMir The Unity Building oh tha comer of 13th Street and Broadway has bean renovated.

languishing landmark, -emerged from itsscaf-foldlng recently and Its transformation Is gar- nerlng rayrs and kudos. The 1 1-story Unity Building at Broadway arid 13th Street Is notable as Oakland's first Tskyscraper." Constructed In 1904-05 for the Union Savings Baiik (estab-. lished iri 1869). It was designed In the Beaux Arts-style by prominent early architect Walter Mathews. When first Opened, the steel-frame structure (original cost $500.0001 could be seen from all parts of the city and waa consid-.

ered to be (to quote Library History Room files) one of the Driest structures of Its class In the country. At the turn of the century, the. use of construction made taller buildings possible and soon more corner sky-scrapers (a term coined by ad- Taller than previous structures, the new-style buildings had a three-part vertical composition (base, shaft and 2-atory capital), light-colored terracotta cladding and classical orna stairs housed several minority -directed nonprofit agencies that -Interfaced with federal govern- ment Model Cities programs. -The War on Poverty" was con-, ducted from' the building, remembers' School Board member Paul Cobb, who worked there at the. lime.

Larry Joiner (first African-American mayoral candidate) -came up with the Unity name, Cobb In, 1 989 damage from the Loma Prieta earthquake forced office, tenants from the building (although street level businesses' continued to operate). As the years went by, the empty structure continued to too expensive to repair, too histori Got a news Call the Tribune at (510) 208-6450 lasters how stand out promt- nently against the grey exterior, Just beneath the cornice a bartd of warm-toned coral provides unexpected accent note. Leasing agrnlh expect to nartie tenants In the next 90 It's really great to see this building coming back to life. says Carolyn Douthat, prr(dcpt of the California Preservation Foundation. Particularly oecaqse It Is a key anchor to the Natlohal Register Downtown Historic Dis-.

-trlct." The Unity Building Is featund on a walking tour of Broadway fered by the city-sponsored Oaf? land Tours Program. Call (510) 238-3234 for more lnforr cally valuable to demolish. -Last year Improving economic conditions enabled new owner. Noel Yee to finally oh major renovations. Called In tp come up with a new exterior color scheme was urban designer.

Blair tlce. Prentice, with several other landmarks projects to his credit. including the Preservation Park Master nan and the recent Main. Library re-hab, selected rich yet subtle paint colors that have brought out the sculptural quail-. ties of the buildings classical or- namental features.

Primarily cool, tones Ip varying grays have been used for back-. ground. The cream off-white arched bays aind Corinthian pl- CCi: 105,900 daily Readership Build enrollment, highlight special events and outstanding students for your school. Also take advantage of our low advertising rate in ANG Newspapers biweekly feature. Our School Days Pages Appears on the second and fourth Monday of every month.

Ongoing ALAMEDA COUNTY AUTO RACING 1 Tha Oaktand Public Library and the Ematy-. vie Hiatorical Society praaant an exhtok on 6w county era of auto racan and rating, Htatory Room 125 14th St, cal 236-3222 for hoin or otoar ARnftENIERTANMENT Monday. SENIOR SOCIAL DANCE Tha North Berkeley Senior Canter wi boat a aoctal dance with lhe North Berkeley Senior Dancing Group, free, 1 pm, 1901 Haarat BERKELEY COMMUNHYCHORUS AND ORCHESTRA Provktaa rahearaata for people intonated in singing, no audkiona or prior experience naadati S65-S75 kjKkxv' achotarahipa avalabta, 7 to 10 pm, St Am-broee. Chirch baaement 1145 Gilman Berkatoy, 528-2145. Meetings i.

Today OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETING Matting for paopto whd sat computed valy, 7 to 8 a.m, Mandana Houaa, 3860 Howa'St, Oakland, 6546066l Monday OAKLAND. MULTIPLE STRENGTHS Masting far paopto with mWmti symptom of multiple actoroai, 6:30 to 8 pm. Rock-. -ridge Branch ol Oakland Pubkc Ljbrvy, 6366 Coiagt Am, Oakland, 52l-2436i UJ NDS ft PARENTS SUMMER-CAMP FAIR-The American Aaaodatton of Uhivaraky Woman wM aponeor aufflmar reaourcaa fair, provkting information about aummar camp option for chkdran, InckKfng (toy and racktant camp, apactaky camp and family camp, ftaai ScoUtah Rita Temple, 1547 Lakaakta Drive, Oaktand, 5266311 wwwjcacampeAtg. FAM6.Y FOLKDANCNG An far tamiaa to iknca thair hearta out 1 to 2 JO pm, Aahkanax Mutic and Danca Communky Cantor, 1317 San tato.Am, Barkatoy, 632-3713.

FAMILY STORYTIME Tha San fabio Ubraiy wt offar a fcaa family atorytona far til agex. 7 pm, 1566 Maikafataca, San Ftabfa, 3743996. 1 Have a listing fur the dailg calendar? Send it two weeks in advance to Jason Bono at the Ctmimuni! Calendar Desk, The Oakland Tribune, 401 13th Oakland 94613, or call 208-6451. F(u: 208-6477. K23 Soul Beat Vcsa Communky fervica pmgrama on Soul Baal Tatovtakm (KSST-TV, Channel 27 at 2524 73rd Aura, 530-3774, and on Hie World Wide Wtb at hBpwww.aoufcaatcom) 4 am Soul Baal Concern 6 am Maraiga to 6w Black Man: -Louie Farrakhan, Nation of tatam 6 am Goapti Baal kh Young Turner am fa Tana Aophalie Movement wkh Barbara Rouaaek and Matikta Grogan am 11:30 pm nevatatoia Goapal Muaic Update 10 am Evar Incraating Faith 11 am Baievara Bfata Chrialtan Church 11:30 am.

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Pador Dorothy McGhee mentation. According to Cultural Heritage Survey. files, banks and financial Institutions were the main developers of the new building type. In 1921 the Union Savings Bank building was purchased by Ansel Mills Easton (1865-1941); a so-called capitalist who owned estates and business properties throughout the Bay Area. Easton remodeled the ground floor grand banking half Into shop spaces for Jewelry and clothing stores and renamed the building for' himself.

Tlie Easton Building name was later changed, be- coming the Unity Building in 1969. Jn the. 1960s the offices up- and grand The skate park is to be built In. the northwest corner or the Corporation Yard, above Coaches Field In -Moraga Canyon. Beautiful views This is pretty Impressive, Peters said as he surveyed the park's hillside perch.

Those skaters who do those stunts way up In the air are going (o get a beautiful view." ram For the low rate of just $30.45 pci you can run in every one of ANG's East Bay Papers as well as the San Mateo County Times. AKUCN NO -Staff Workers sot up the framework for the set of concrete stepa that will lead from Coaches Held off Moraga Avenue to the spot where the Piedmont Skate Park will stand. Skate: 1 1 ,000 square feet devoted to some half-dozen activities THE ARCUS 96,000 daily Readership; THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, ALAMEDA T1AAES-STAR 208,700 daily Readership TRI-VALLEY HERALD 92,500 daily Readership THE DAILY REVIEW 108,200 daily Readership Continued from LOCAL-1 Job, such as Llie stairway and fencing were put but to bid separately to entice specialty -companies and drive down costs, he added. Blland, a Walnut Creek construction company, won the bld- ding for the heart of the Job, said Recreation Department Director Mark Delventhal. Grand stands also Park designs depict an park featuring a Fun Box.

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