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2 LOCAL THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE SUNDAY, Mr 202003 i reveal architectural treasures of Kaiser rtf KEIRYJ. UUSEI (below) ted Kaiser Industries during World Wv I. At left is one of the company's Ud- 1WBUNEFU PHOTOS THE OAKLAND Heritage Alliance Summer Walking Tours series continues today with "Hidden Haddon HU1," a look at a distinctive residential neighborhood tucked In between Park Boulevard and Uk lake. The tour starts at 2 pjn. and Is led by resident Page Yarwood.

Cultural Heritage Surrey files reveal that a housing tract, then known as Lake-mont, was laid out in the early 1920s by well-known land-scape designer of the day Mark Daniels. Wide, broad streets with circular Islands Haddon and Kenwyn roads and Wesley Avenue were 'created with lota with wide frontages punctuated with fountains, ums and planted nent local architect Wiliam Edward Schtomer deseed a more Italian-inspired residence at the corner of Haddon and Hlllglrt Circle for industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, at a time when the self-made entrepreneur was becoming established as a major contractor and road builder. Kaiser, described as "a stout, balding individual with i brain sizzling with innovative ideas," stood 6 feet taU, weighed 240 pounds and had a "knack for getting his own way." Born to German Immigrants in upstate New York in 1882, Kaiser quit school at age 13 and never looked back. He got his start as a photograph supplies salesman and came west at the age of 23 where he eventually became Involved In road building and iiin construction.

hi the early years, Kaiser, his wife and two small sons lived out of their car, so die story goes, traveling from one road project to the next (hi a swing through Oakland early In 1921 he Is said to have stood on the shares of Lake Merritt and decided he would estabhah a home for his family In Oakland, as well as a base for his growing business interests. Directories reveal his first num KJUSEI (left) inspects one of his company's stoat mite In 1942. LAWPMAKKS one-room office was in the Wesdake Bunding on San Pablo Avenue, across die plan from City Hal Within a few years he moved to the Latham Square BuHdlng on Telegraph Avenue. And then in 1924 (die same year his Sanity's house was built), Kaiser moved to a Beaux Artsatyle commercial budding on Broadway (now demolished), across from the Emporium Capwdl store. By the outbreak of the war in 1941, his company had completed more than 1,000 building projects, making him a multlmlllinnalre-mllllnnatre.

During the war he established shipyards in die East Bay that turned out dose to 1,500 Liberty and Victory ships. At his death in 1967, die AFL-CK) honored Kaiser In recogition of his fair treatment of the more than 90,000 Kaiser Industries employees, most union members, who had access to his groundbreaking health care plan, a forerunner of today's Kaiser Permanent health maintenance organization. Shortly before his death, dm landmark Kaiser Center complex, designed by Los Angeles-based Weiton Beckett and Associates was completed, a standout landmark on Lake Merritfs western shore. One of the complex's best known (and appreciated) features is the is the parklng grage's rooftop grden, one of die first of its type in the United States. TMs "hidden downtown gem" is open to the public.

on way but 9218 or log onto wwwotodendheri-tegerorg. A vtot to tw Keieer Cantor rooftop gerdm ie tadudedi Uptown to tie Like tour tie Osfcfcnd Tours next uptown tour wl be Aug! 2363234 to mekse raeerwtfon $eo-ommended ixi not OridsndTnn Program ww iiw.owrow.ffl. 1( On toby's nsigbboihood wtflr, vafchforavWHsiwiiindvofwar fens oonsbucfcn, a ghss door on flw HBgfri lids of Haniy J. Kaiser's houN, farmsd tarn ths bottoms of champagne bottles ttwt tounchsd Victory rifoa. SuggeWeddonafonfnrOHA torn era 16 tor membert, $10 general For more Momsionai 763- loyal to Bobb may be JJJ A Akab IQ yn gsi ia cm i psspo is snog bey to kssaT fcpt ysi sst K.

KojrSdnvcycr crrr housing rm trnn.to.ucji tltion today at DeAnza Col- with roots to Hong Kong laaetaCtmertino. Macao, and maintand China to fori The federation splintered form the FTOhutil-h off from the DeAnzatourna- unm he aakL meat De Ana or- gMiary sstf it thf Altlkxi the.l purpose of the gmes, said aeenes back and forih be Peter Lta, chief executive ot tween flu two goqm ha fleer of the federation. been bubbling to the surface ta recent weeka, Since Taiwanese erpment, dunged 'hands Ante yarn ago, the orgarr-' doefoft -mitier toers of the De Ana tourns- when you're on the flrid ind menthsvebeOomepoiiticalty ifa not wfaifs on our oriented to riwport of an in- Lim aatAmltottb dependent Trimneae state, not what these gnm4l art i in id 4 -1 ,4... Alihougafewofthe houses appeared before Worid War most were constructed Indie 1920s and 1930s In so-called Period Revival sea, particularly evoking Spanish and Mediterranean romanticism. Heavy-textured plaster walls (giving the Illusion of ffiiek stone or adobe), tile roofs and decorative Iron grilles are some of the noteworthy characteristics of this type of house.

In 1924, flies show, promi Employees CITY, from Local 1 One pnriHnn to mWw iwiUI they eventually left. insiders were surprised with the relative stability of the peat couple of yean, and I mended diet Brown wae able to work with Bobb so long. Babb's ouster two weeks ego sent duck waves throug City Hah even as the myor am-; nounced he will be more in- vohedihday-to-iUysflalrt. Cutting the $37.5 mllHnn I budgeTadlcIt also led to the I dtarination of eudi as CMft and.Cutturd Arts Director Ben Hamid, whose de- derated by Brown a dMstoe to fiiUUl his goal of celebrating die arts -has been folded into the new map kedng department On top of that, uncertainty over whether the unions would apee to eootrftxde 3 percent i more to fhrir penstoos has put people on edg. About 40 mem-'bers of the Service Employees tatomatkoal Union tool 790 i were bid off July 11, aid because die union rejected die pensioo gveback, they wool be Only a handful of employees represented fay-the managers' untaa have been bid oft but wne members of both will revert to former positions, bumping others and setting off a domino effect Parks and -Recreation De-loyeea are aifll -waiting to find out whether Dt- rector Harry Edwards to realty I leaving.

Edwards reslged. then offered to slay around for a month or two to ease the trtn-atttori. Council President Igiado De La Puente (San Antonio-Pruitvale) said Edwards wfll be gne within fix month. Brown did appoint Budget and Finance Dhactar Deborah Apartment I llvo traffic FBports. Brooks and other councfl members have been higty critical of the way Brown handled Bobba rttamiwml, saying it created duos Just as the budget was bring flnslizrd.

"I dontjbrgudge Jerry the right to aerobe hb powers a sbroagnrayqr(it timing ta everything sheeted. "There was no psTticubr'Yeason to do ft on Uev. wtuTO mine to hanbetfr'' 9 be did, gran afl the wtthtte Sty so heCs sKtas taweritocafohjfoemflnt" rim tf mown come aS3 Brooks said die was told by dvms -changes one, of fife Aytolincnt returns Tuesday. -Thare 'are some people on that Hat who are very hardworking" she said. Councllmember Jane Bnmner (North nHd) said she hopa the rumors mat true, but if they re true, she hopes people are dtambsed ins more digified way.

De La Fuenie agees rumors are whatever the mayv to pfannlim dmuld be done soon so people can concentrate on work. believe based on cooveraa-tiona with the he is looking at ktibg some mare people go and (here will be some rrassteunffita and reorg-ntaatioos," De Li note sakL He beHeves It will be ta the best Interest of the city and it will result in a dflferat virion and a different maugemenL "The bet to, in tifla financial crista, we have to maiiniiie oar resources better, and we have to do mote with less," he added. asialiierammmlnviMiiftwaraindMriaviiYlvsiriiriii-' iMai.U Edgexty, Who has a reputation is a level-headed straight diootar, to fill the vacuumleft by Bobb. And Edgerty has made Wl I If. tottrim, Budget Director Marianna.

Marysbera permanent, adding aomcatafaffity. But odm are to flux, and one theory aeema to be that anyone associated with Bobb or loyal to him will be out Another 'to that Brown (bent want anyone around who wfll slow down development Assistant City Manager George Mupaove, who foDowed Bobb from Richmond, Vi, has lanhwj off qnfHnw about whether hell stay. As of 12 o'clock Thursday, Urn here, Musgrove said, glmctog ri hb wriefa. Other rife non gant Muagove expanded powers. SI LnarelnU vLflJT flrwlWBg (UTCOOr NOJ sanreyer arid the rumors are dlstracttog and it has been difficult for hb staff to concentrate during the oo-sgln, off-again byoffriiustion.

Phis, hb aM-rionrecenity lost dgt positions to budget cuts bemuse federal ganta stayed even while per aonnel costs coottaued to rise. Then, overlay ill that with (the rumors) that all the bosses rp going to get fired, that made it hard to work," Scfaweyer said. "But when you get ifgt down to it. people are doing thetr Jobs, and our people are motivated to help the public. Theres been days when they wonder, jfihyr.T VC VkI i- .1 IfcaaffS 388NMiSnASuiBf110.

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