Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 26

linn im i i ijy Wj 4 1 A A 6 METRO THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE 12 SUNDAY October 14 Elegant Queen Ann Victorian liighlights fail home tour ALLEN To learn more about the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park located al 2465 34th Ave visit wwwperaltahe ritageorg or call 532 91 42 Crafstman style house located in San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland jobs in City" flies sayx while ensconcing their families in gracious residences sur rounded by fruit orchards and gardens on the sunnier and warmer side of the Bay Outstanding examples of all the major architectural styles of that era are still standing in San Antonio including Stick East lake and Italianate Later early 20th century styles would be represented as well such as Classic Revival Craftsman and vernacular bun galows says OHA boardmember Michael Crowe formerly an ar chitectural historian with the National Parks Sendee and this home tour committee chairman Mary home features the classic two story tower with conical roof and fish scale shin gles that are hallmark character defining features of the Queen Ann style The house also re tains the wood sash windows finials brackets and other ar chitectural details of that pc riod husband and I enjoy gar A grand Queen Ann Victo rian a pair of quaint cottages i and a lovely restored craftsman style house are among those on view at the upcoming fall home tour Oct 28 in his toric San Antonio neighbor hood The event is a joint i volunteer effort being organized a by the Oakland Heritage Alliance a and the San Antonio Hills Neigh borhood Association Active SAHNA member Mary Becker is proud to be show casing her corner lot Queen Arm style home and garden on the tour While researching the history of her home which she and her husband purchased in i 2000 Becker learned that it was built in 1884 and designed by Charles Mau at the time a locally prominent and prolific architect eatured in the home's formal entry hall is a framed portrait of longtime resi dent (and former homeowner) Elijah Whitaker always been my dream to own and restore a beautiful Victo she adds" As a relatively new resident to Oakland Becker also brought knowledge of how residents of her former hometown worked to revitalize historic neighbor hoods there "I remember how tlie lovely old homes along Summit Avenue in St Paul began to be rehabilitated dn the late Once we moved here my husband and I found out about the Oakland Heritage Alliance and other groups inter ested in preservation and we naturally started to get in volved" Her further research revealed the times in the 1840s when Anglo settlers began to arrive and challenge the Peraltas for ownership of the land Redwood logging in the hills would feed the burgeoning construction needs that followed the Gold Rush and the growth of San rancisco Soon a ferry service from a wharf on tlie estuarv "As a girl I learned to appre made it possible for wealthy east ciate and enjoy old things It has side home owners to travel to In addition to visiting the Oakland Library History Room and the Cultural Heritage Survey in the Planning De partment for clues Becker asked her neighbors for recol lections of the earlier years hilltop view looks over to San Antonio Park and one of the tilings I found out was that its days as a public gathering place date all the way back to the Peralta Rancho pe riod in tlie says Becker think our house originally had a on the roof where it was possible to spot vessels at anchor in the es tuary" The 44800 acre 1 property granted to patriarch 1 Don Luis Peralta by the King of 1 Spain was called Rancho Sari Antonio say the history files The rancho encompassed tlie areas that one day would be the cities of Oakland Berkeley Ala meda and San Leandro The Peraltas used the land for cattle grazing and farming Hides from the cattle were shipped from the i dening and cultivating shrubs' trees and plants from earlier i Mary explains The couple decided to take on a foundation retrofit this summer in hopes of completing the project before tour goers de scend on them? plan to meet folks in our custom made vintage clothing she says citing another of the hobbies collecting and wearing 19th century garbr Tour attendees also may at tend a program featuring noted Victorian rcstorian expert gen eral contractor and woodworker Christopher Yerke at a pre tour lecture at 7:30 pm Oct 25 The program kicks off the OHA fall lecture series at Chapel of the Chimes 4499 Piedmont Ave Advance tickets to the home tour may be purchased online at wwwoaklandherita georg or at the pre tour lecture or more information call OHA at 763 9218 edge at a landing they built at the foot of 13th Avenue estivals bull fights and even the occasional execu tion took place in San Antonio Plaza as it was then known The rancho headquarters an Italianate house once occupied by Antonio Peralta and his family is one of the houses that will be open on the tour Becker traces her interest in Victoriana and all things histor ical to her childhood in Minne sota when she enjoyed visiting with her German born relatives fill' Annalee City weighs land use near hospital site By Martin Ricard STA WRITER SAN LEANDRO Imagine a new shopping center here with all the modern amenities both big box and specialty stores restau rants cafes al fresco maybe even a little housing Now imagine all of that right next door to a hospital Sound far fetched? Well it soon might be coming to the city if Kaiser Per manente decides to build a hos pital at the former Albertsons distribution center at Interstate 880 and Marina Boulevard to re place its current Hayward Med ical Center Because the potential site is much too large for only a hos pital city officials are looking to build an adjacent 30 acre mixed use development to complement Kaiser: The planning is only in the beginning stages and still ten tative but already city officials see dollar signs in the proposed de velopment have Kaiser without some revenue generating from the site because it support the City Manager John Jermanis said Tuesday tlie question is: What kind of shop ping center do we want for this Representatives frorri the de veloper for the potential mixed use project 1CI Development Co spent Monday night trying to win over the City support iny a work session dedicated to the issue They unveiled two plans for mixed used development one of which included a four story apart ment complex and another that is all retail The developer seemed to favor the project that included resi dential because it would serve as the anchor for a self contained village Apartments would wrap around a parking structure making them invisible to passers by The units also would be avail able to Kaiser employees offering While council members were im pressed with the concepts for the project they also were quick to pepper ICI with a laundry list of an easy commute Stores such as concerns: coffee shops and restaurants would be built nearby The plan also calls for a big box store to be built with a podium parking structure an at level complex built next to the store that would maximize space throughout the shopping center need to create our own en said Scott Bell presi dent of the company not just a shopping center Between the hospital and us it's like a mini 1 The other alternative could be a project that focuses strictly on shopping but Bell said he thinks some of the parking would have to be sacrificed Target is one of the stores that already has agreed to participate in the plan he said Would the development be im pacted by noise from the freeway? Would it be accessible to public transportation? Would it compete with the city's other shopping centers? Would it create a need for more schools? What about all the traffic? 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