Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 32

4-LOCAL SUNDAY, May 30, 1999 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE I III I -V II II INI I I ll I Warehouses become homes 9 and storehouses of the past Annate ALLBV EADINGnrxtSatur- day's walking tour of the Jack London Wa- tcrfront for the city- sponsored 4 hires have little or no setbacks, totally covering their lots. Flat roofs with stepped or decorative parapets. Industrial sash, multl- colored surfaces of brick or painted stucco and loading bays are characteristic of the district Perhaps the most distinctive of the cluster Is the American Bag building at Harrison and Third (designated a dry land mark by the councfl earlier this v. month.) The Bag Building was one of the first warehouses constructed after the Western Pacific Railroad laid down track along Third Street in 1909 and com-: itienced with freight service to. Salt Lake City and points east The area soon attracted salers wim regional and national distribution outlets and expert enced an upsurge In land values for properties so near both rail Kv and shipping services.

Western Pacific built a freight depot at thc northern corner of Harrison and Third, across from the Bag Budding, forming the nucleus of the district A-. During the several Wholesale businesses bulltwafM house along Fourth Street two dfwhlch r- Sie Safeway head- quarters (201 fourth St; 1929) aiid the adjoining Western States Groeery Co; (247 Fourth St, 1 fi926J were tine most dominating In the distrkt Designated a histoid landmark by the dty earlier this month, the American Bag Co. building at Third and Harrison streets is one of the oldest and most distinctive buildings In the Waterfront Tours Program is longtime neighborhood resident and former Cultural Heritage Survey Coordi-; nator Gary KnechL A founding member of SoNlc' (South of Nlmltz Improvement: Council), a community group formed in 1987, Knecht has wtt- nessed the explosion of change tni fthe so-caUcd Waterfront house District The survey hasC; identified the district as an area 1 of primary Importance and it consists of approximately 3ft small- and mediumsized oneVto three-story brick and concrete iarehoiisesi. "The unifying sense of scale and proportion along with theVV utihtailan decoraUve detailing are'. the significant factors which make this district potentiaeU.

gibk for the National Register of Historic Places." KnechL The blocks bounded by the Nlr mitjj Freeway, Second Street: x. Webster Street and Jackson Street mark the. district's, hound1-. arleSi Knechland his wife, iftlst Squeak Cariiwath, Mve lived and; worked in one of the former warehouses within the district Xhff bMding was built in for the Nulaid EW river the Warehouse District vr. '-y A sense scafe ojk2 ffwppoi with.

jdxive detailing are jjpidch make this district potertiaUyeUgiblefor -pieNtiiiM 6ocxdnstQr years we have constructed tenant spaces and we o(py me top me district is typical of wart-; house and industrial areas developed along me West Coast between WorloTWars I and II; The streets are wide and the strjie- people with our unique nelghbbr- tZ Volunteer me urge to learn, about leading tours of his- torte downtown Oakland should can. the Tours 24-hpur hot line: and tutiii themsehres iiU Satur-. day's lour starts at 10 ajn, on the northwest corner of majcv projects are in the pipeline mcludinTlty Lofts," eight-story, unU rest-'. dential kilt buildings totaling (. nearly 200.000 square feet pro- i j)osed to occupy the former rite of the freight de 'The tour will also cover the nearby Whole- sale Produce Market another po-tenUal historic district still in vopcraUbp after TOplus v'.

promises leading tours off.and oh since; mewing here and love acquainting The latter of me two became one of the first hi the district in 1991 tobe converted to housing. Known as Tourth Street Lofts," me buildtag has 40 units; a popular cafe; 'Cuckoo's Nest" occupies the ground floor. feeing units in the Fourth Lofls building ourenthlbbK ovet an.mphiot;; -rO-jri'-! By Uie eh4 of next year, a new flvWory apartment building known as the Allegro project will occupy the now vacant pared. Broadway and First Reservations are recoromehded but not re- quired; Call for the compiete vV schedutc: grader darling Saturday- By Mke White like mahy aspiring poll: tidahsyTom Pfell says he thiriks; he would like to: be president One day. 5 watches reads; books on the White House and makes appearances with names like Gov: Gray DaVis and Tipper Gor e.

He Is a dlc-har Democrat-: a darling of the pBxif.v":i:.'-'-".;rili'-'-only problem: He's 8 Monday TAYfff PAY NO SALES fey NO Sales Tax PLtJS 6 Months FFIEE Friaiiicin hymcms, interest For 6 Ivfenrjst cbheerhed said his mother, Jennifer Pfell. '36. a part-iime worker at Mall Boxes Etc, Said his father; Don 481 a car sesmani "WUen he came but of the clctv we were surprised. 1 then thought, he could idealize a lot worse;" I with other Tom vas a. little lucky as well.

His mother worked with a cam-! paign aide for Davis, and. uV aide: helped- arrange passes to the Dempcratie state contention1 in Sranicnto; oil; March "When Vthey. couldnt; resist hlnj to the frbnt rowand later into the hte mother to go there t'Io meet Davis artd others Tapper-. Gore piresir dent's wife, Tom said, rushed to huh and said, "Oh, Al (Gore) wpuld love to see you; He didn't. become Interested' in politics: until he was lit" The experience the Demobrats were bestpai.even thugh'jus; dad i Is Republican "Some.

Republi-; cans are good," like Ronald Reagan for Instance, but most of thinn, kite, they idpnt even care about our They don't have any kids at their convention." Almough hi? was impressed by such people as state Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Mayor Willie Brown of Sah FVandsoo; he is aiming higher He wan ts to; live the White House, "make some7: laws and run the 'couritry His' pltlc ready started. He was'; elected classroom si. -landslide with a campaign promise 6f longer recesses. But his vieyra bh some issues are: itlU developing: 31 Mtopply flfturjifrkwi apply knimfis dmoiuiltd pricr. To the delight of his teachers and.

the 666nal alarm Of his parents, the; mird-gradef -ai iJa-cobsori JElemen tary Sc in has become obsessed with all started last summer, he' said, he saw, a campaign adverUsemerit 'Tpr" The thiciandldate looked. like wanted to. help pfeppJet Tom said. Set he sent Davis a fax saying if he ever came to vTraicVi 'stop by and, well go to IuncL" He also sent his to ittie future, Davis didn't respond. Uri-! daunted, the young roan's ob-: grew more On i Halloween, svhen his he was "going 16 dress, up as quarterback Steve.

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