Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 33

SUNDAY. December 21. 1997 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE C3. fc. Airport: Alameda might sue Continued from C-1 l.

arking 100 yrars of service to the East Bay's poor and needy Is the Oakland PenJel Compassionate Ministries. The network of ministries op- erates seven missions on the West Coast and their center at curate understanding of the feai-3' slblllty and environmental pacts and potential alternatives," city officials wrote in a 30-page response. The $500 million airport e-j'. LANDMARKS 722 Washington SL in downtown nulls the li Oakland is the largest panston Includes rebuilding tbej ia) and adding 12 gates, putting in a double' decked terminal loop and expanding md United and -the Federal Express Parcel Servicefacllltles. It also Includes a new airport roadway to ease traffic congestion.

The port says die expansion Is essential to allow It to handle burgeoning traffic. Tuleja's group CLASS has put considerable time and chitect incorporated an elaborate array of ornamental detailing unusual says the survey even by late 19th century standards. On the five front bay windows, hardly a space Is not encrusted with embellishment The hobnail and knob surface treatment above the 3rd floor windows adds a special element of textural richness to the facade. Inside, the original stairs, railings and waln-scrttlng are intact and many of the rooms still have their marble fireplaces. Roof skylights let In light to the upper Hoots, In addition to being a primary contributor tQ the historic dls-trict, die mission Is also a city landmark.

A staff headed by director LazReinhardl offers free food, hfitfr and medical attend don to area homeless. An estimated 60,000 meals are served annually. A year-long residential rehab program Is available to up to 18; men who live on site, while a -nightly drop In shelter provides additional beds for those in need. The medical clinic offers foot baths and clean socks. TB testing and HIV referrals are' also available.

On a yearly budget of $600,000 (alLfrom private donations the mission offers GED classes, food distribution from die Alameda County food bank and an after school youth center. Overseeing all the activities Is Roscoe the Dog a JO-year-old white mixed-lab who has been led off and brought back countless times. He epitomizes the steady loving care of our ministry, says Reinhardt, everybody knows Roscoe." Recently die facade of the mission was repainted, a $40,000 The ministry was founded in Los Angeles in the early 1890s by a woman known as Mother Ftr- guson. Oakland's chapter started Its work In 1897 and was housed In various store front locations overtheyears. In 1966 the ministry acquired an old three-story hotel, one of the dozen or so Victorian era commercial structures which had somehow survived Intact after -decadesor neglect.

A 1963 city survey had recommended that the surviving brick and wood structures, considered to be one of the most dlstln- gulshed compositions of late Victorian commercial archltectufe In the Western United States, be protected and preserved. Today's Old Oakland Historic District comprises most of the six square blocks bounded by Broadway, 7th. 10th and Clay streets; both sides of Washington Street also are Included. One hundred years ago Washington Street was the second most important boulevard In Oakland. According to Library History Room flies, Washington and Broadway formed the heart of Oakland's first business district.

In 1862 la steam, driven com- -muter train ran along 7th Street (known then asRallroad Avenue) to a San Francisco bound forty that docked at Oakland Point Seven years later in 1869 the Central Pacific Railroad Incorporated this local line Into Its new transcontinental route a development that definitely put Oak- land on the map. CPRR built a terminal on 7th near Broadway (which Is still standing and hotels quickly cropped up to serve the needs of travel weary train passengers: A cross-country Journey which once took months could be completed by rail In a little more than six days. In addition to hotels, restaurants, barber shops and other convenience establishments were clustered nearby. According to Cultural Heritage Survey files, the building that now houses the Peniel Mission was built In 1885 by a San Francisco-based hotelier Siamuel Hancock. He retained the services of a prolific architect John Marquis to design the building Tax assessor's records indicate the cost of construction to be $30,000 the second -highest erected that year in either, city.

The principal tenant a hotel called the Oriental House occupied the upper floors, a bakoy and later a meal market rented the pound flow store front spaces. The train depot was right around the comer. The ar money into examining the airport expansion In the works for almost 10 years and trying to come up with alternatives. A proposal her group; commissioned from a licensed engineering firm for a new runway directing planes out over the Bay avoiding residential areas has been flatly rejected, she sakl. We've spent time, money.

We are serious people, not off-the-wall activists, she said. "It was a feasible idea and wouldn't have Interfered with anybody, I'm very disappointed." She called die report's an---swers to community concerns; "atrocious, and. expressed This Is a sketch of the historic Oakland Penial Mission drawn by mission director Laz Reinhardt project which was completed for $9,000 by donatedlabor, paint and equipment Compassionate Ministries, call 452-3738. In late November a block party attended by Mayor Hlhu Harris and 1,000 Interested well wishers marked the mission's 100th An-- nlversaiy. To learn more about the work ofthe Oakland Penlel Update: Last week's column stated arcmtect nmotny Puueger was originally from Oakland.

He was bom and educated In San Francisco. anger that port commissioners seemed to nave made up their minds before even coming to the meeting Lights: Some go all out for holidays Continued from C-l 0 0 selling T-shirts. But Sterne said the show is an adventure in community, not an adventure In capitalism. I Just want people from everywhere to. enjoy the show, 0 History, is another reason, why people decorate opulendy.

On Thompson Avenue In Alameda, owners have been lighting the 55 homes on the 3200 block since 1938. Or, as one resident said, "since neighbors could still put ornaments on the trees Just by standing next to them." 400 minutes for $50 Now the trees In the street tower over a center on island homes. Santa visits die street from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every night 400 minutes is a lot of talking. You might be tempted to use Pure Digital PCS like, well, like a phcjjic.

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