Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 33

LOCAL-3 SUNDAY. July 14. 2002 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE COMMUNTTY Calendar rcn Kids a parents Today FOE PHOTOS THE STATELY ATHENS Athletic Club (above left) in downtown Oakland opens in 1925.. THE LANDMARK BUILD IRQ comes down (above middle) on April 23, 1 977. THE RUBBLE IS cleared away (above right) to make way for the City Center development RACE IM amataur and prafai-1 Aral cyddi ran around Ula Maria Tha uM.iaca bagtaa at 6 am, Am far apada-.

'WH. CONCERT lha (Mdand Municipal Band pi a t-how ooncart by laka Mar-Edoff Mamoriri BandMand, Belavua Awanu i HEALTH EjqAor haatti ooncana In tandyotantad a unman 11 am to pun. toe, Waat Bartsaiay Open Air Maikat Ctpt MariaC Fourth and IMuanttf 84ioa. CARTOONNG Woridiop Muring Kn dm toft fcmtort pbdng and artaA noon to 5 pun. Muaaum of ChHMfaAit63BNtadiSt.Suka21flk(Mt-tanrl 466377a Ironically, it would be more Building, owned by the Walter Tours Program 24-hour hot than 30 years before a replace- Shoredstein Co." u.

mmihf hHi nHng of ment structure would be con- structed on the vacant lot To learn more about foe upcoming tours Is 238-3234. Oakland at ISO project log on. The tours are also featured on to w4vw.oaklandatl50.ctMn. or call Caldwell at Momentum the city of Oakland Web site, Publications, 653-43 1 1 The www.Oaklandnet.com. The new building Just opened recently, Caldwell said.

It la foe 555. Clay St, Ongoing DAlYBRD FESPiQ laka ManWa norih dm 330 pjn. 662 Britoua Am. OaMancL 2363736 ovemn LANDMARKS Photo exhibit shows Oakland then and now ANISHED OAK- LAND LANDMARKS will live again in a photo anthology book currently Ip production and Intended to commemorate the citys 150th birthday. The project la the brainchild of Rocfcridge resident Bill Caldwell, a professional photographer who has become fascinated with the citys skyline, then and now.

Caldwell will be on hand Saturday at the Oakland Tours free walking tour that starts 10 aan. In front of City HalL Til be there to show folks a display 1 City Center that highlights where we are In the project," Caldwell Said. We Ye mapped out blocks-In downtown, like Broadway and Clay Street, then produced historic photos of what 'used to be there. Juxtaposed to what can be seen today, said Caldwell, who started working on the book in January. Oaklands downtown has an hi- credible combination of existing landmark gems, along with modem high-rises.

It has been amazing to sort out all of the changes over the city's 150-year history -One example of a landmark that Is no more is the magnificent (now demolished) Athens Athledc Chib, a gothic-inspired, 12-story edifice that once occupied the entire block of Clay Street between 12th and 13th streets. Lbng-tlme Oaklanders may well remember the days READMG pan. Atony Ubnry, 1247 Marin Am. 82B- 327a tia READ-Oritoid PUMc aunvnar nadny propm far cNUran In gndaaaavan and upicafl 2363616 naihe- ANG Newspapers real estate sections have a new look and a new ueSite. With all the latest tips on buying a home, phis virtual tours at www.Indde RayAresxom and foe new HomeSite TV program (coming in August to PAX-TV), theres nothing quite like it in the Bay Area.

ment; Am Bran atreet-levd shops. Local business leaders of the day, Including former Oakland Tribune publisher Joseph Knowland and department store owner Sherwood Swan, were among the founding members who rounded up 1.500 enlistees In 1921 to establish the new dub. Locally prominent architect William Knowles was tapped to design a facility with every imngiTuihif amenity, In an atmosphere reminiscent of a Moorish palace from Granada. The building com-mlttCe selected a site formerly occupied by the First Congr-gational Church, whose congregation had decided to move uptown" to 27th and Harrison streets. The cost of construction was $2 million.

At least two -presidents, Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman, were feted 0t banquets hdd at the dubi Initiation fees were $220 and monthly dues were $2.70. Following foe war according to Library History Room flies, the once thriving dub entered a long, slow de-' dine as member families to foe suburbs and lifestyles changed. In 1968, the dubs directors sold the building to Syn- annnn, a rlmg wtiaMHathw treatment center. The aging clllty changed hands for $750,000. The citys Redevelopment Agency acquired the building In 1976; the purchase price was $3.3 million.

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