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PAULS CHURCH, seen here in a vintage postcard view, is up for a city landmark designation Tuesday. New St. Pauls Free walking tours of historic districts of downtown, sponsored by the Oakland Tours Program, also get under way this week, with a tour of City Hall and the Frank H. Ogwa Plaza on Tuesday (starting 10 a.m. on City Hall front steps), a tour of China- town on Wednesday (meet 10 a.m.

at the fountain In Pacific Renaissance Plaza, 9th Stmt -between Franklin and Webster 1 streets) and on Saturday, a tour of Jack London Water-front (meet 10 a.m. In front of Barclays Restaurant Pub, 101 Broadway). All tours last approximately 90 minutes. Reservations are recommended but 'not required. The next tour of Preserva- -tlon Park, including a look at New SL Pauls Churdi.

will be Saturday, May 18.: FDr a complete listing of this season's walking tours, log oh to www.oakland- net.com, or call the Tours Program's 24-hot line, 238-3234. maUcm prepared by the mayors office, and the unveiling of a new landmarks plaque of City Hall. An exhibit of facade improvements to commercial properties In the Downtown Historic District completed In the past year with assistance from the Community and Economic Development Agencys staff, will also be on view. This years Preservation Week activities. Including die hanging of a burner In City Hall, were coordinated by Pat-rida Dedeklan, Programs chair of the Oakland 1 Alliance.

"We hope to make this a yearly tradition," says Dedeklan. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been sponsoring Preservation Week since the early 1970s. "Their Web site (www ma- tderaanhcwfcxal nlties can further preservation pals." student Ashley Hlrsch said. She pleaded with the 100 or so members of the audience to help make the park a safe and fun one for the neighborhood. Ingenlto, whose organization helps to raise money to build parka and preserve open space, said be would be Interested in working with the kkls to develop a park (dan.

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Concunat MiAng of tw OAfand RadwafapnaA Aganoy. CRy oundl 4092003 B8JI pja TaRaBooto Ann Badrii MpjN. HbAooaaa KD0L LA HP MARKS District "James and his group came to tbe Landmarks Board last spring, looking for Informs- Don on where to go for hdp with their roof and other structural problems," says Landmarks Board Chair Una flflmartin, who is an engineer by profession. Our board members who have.technlcal expertise met with them and made site visits, to try and determine what needed fixing first" The group was put In touch with other focal historic churches, which also have farwi rrimhlUtntlnn challenges. to get advice and sup- port.

"We came to die Landmarks Board last April, and thm Qie planning CVwmnlinw had to review and approve die reports," says Smith. "And now here we are a year later." Abo scheduled an Tuesday night's agenda la die reading of a Preservation Week prorah Tut of my role at Berkeley is to break down some of the walla and foster communication between all these groups," McKoyaaid. And the students work goes beyond the dassnxxn and City HalL They say they want to make a commitment to the park and are co-hosts of a community day, from 1 1 a.m. to 2 pjn. Saturday at MdCtymonda Mini Park, 2528 Linden St Were wining to change fids Chacfc out how your opinion ranks among toaaa A8araaaaa.CMvBiir veto forth hot topic of today- sway vera courts.

PATIENCE IS off for members i New St Paul's Church on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, across --from historic Lafayette Park In downtown Oakland. Their application for local landmark status Is on the City Council agenda for Tueschy. The council's consideration of die matter dovetails with National Preservation so the timing seems particu- larly appropriate. Coundlmeniber Nancy Na-del's staff helped us get an the agenda so that It would be heard at the same time that Preservation Week activities are taking place, says James Smith, a member of New St.

Paul's, and a driving force behind not only the landmark nomination but also the efforts to seek ways to And assistance with some of the long-deferred maintenance Issues affecting the 100year-okf structure. "Ours Is a small cangega-tlon, and we are mostty con-- PARK, from Local 1 part of the Y-Plan pao-Y-Plan, whlch stands for outh plan, learn, act. nowl" has been working with Oakland schools lor 10 years. This year the high school Students took surveys, designed "pork, models, and presented those deslgis in two teams Thursday ngit at City HalL Teachers, administrators and school board members who witnessed die presentations were proud of their work and passion for their parks. "This is the kind of real educational experiences kids should be getting" Oakland School Board President Grpg Hodge 'said.

Simms and. her group wanted ace-saws In their park. They have plans for a mural celebrating the people of West Oakland Uid Infarmatinn bOUS about West Oakland history. Rick Your friend ALIEN ceraed with continuing our weekly meal program for the homeless In the neighborhood and to develop a community center to address their other so we dont have die resources some of the other historic churches have to fix the leaky roof and so forth. We are hoping that landmark atnhia will help us with fund-raising and technical ntotwtanee ho-cause we know we need to preserve this building.9 According to the Landmarks Board's flies.

New St Pauls Church already has significance as a contributor to the Preservation Park Historic Young people could recite poetry or spoken wad on a stirie In one corner of die park; while seniors could play checkers a enjoy a rest on a bench under tree. The other group planned a park around a community garden. "The for. their thoughts," said student Quincy Momy. The Y-Plan team local stakeholders to the meeting such as City Coun-dhnember Nancy Nadd (Downtown-West Oakland), Oakland parks manager Nod Gallo, McCtymonds Neighborhood and Business Association member Kiri Eschelle, and Trust For Public Land project manager Joe Ingenlto.

Hopefully, said pcogam director and UC Berkeley professor Deborah McKoy, me city and park stakeholders will hdp the students turn their dreams Into a brand-new park. S-F- Union Mortgage Company Nolioy: In Real Estate Ingenlto said. Trust for Public. Land baa raised money to rebuild Bella Vista Park, which la bring held up by city bureaucratic snags. The nonprofit organization has poured mflHnmi into Oakland city par ks, including a park at Lockwood Elementary; School and the Lincoln Square; and Wool parka.

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