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 September-October 2009

September-October 2009

 

September-October 2009, Volume 6, Number 5

September-October Features

Minding Our Inheritance

by Linda Childers (Photography by Gabriel Moulin Stuidos, Habs Photo)

With walkable historic downtowns and beautifully preserved buildings, the East Bay provides a perfect starting point for exploring the region’s cultural legacy.

Dumping Grounds

by Susan E. Davis (Photography by Michael Halberstadt)

The view from Mount Trashmore — the former Alameda city dump, located just over the Bay Farm Bridge — is one of the best in Alameda.

September-October Departments

From the Editor

by Judith M. Gallman(Photography by Wendy Wheeler)

Beth Bagwell of the Oakland Heritage Alliance gets it exactly right when she says, “The Oakland of today is the result of what Oaklanders of yesterday built or demolished, fostered or neglected....

Letters

Marcus Thompson’s article [“More Than Basketball and Chocolate Milk,” July/August 2009] was perhaps the most well-written and informed piece ever done on the East Oakland Youth...

In the Mix

(Photography by Deborah Sherman)

Lee Krasnow Creates World-Class Mechanical Puzzles

Legacies

by William Wong (Photography by Courtesy of Dr. Wayne Fong)

An Oral-History Project Preserves the Chinese Experience

Taste of the Town

by Derk Richardson(Photography by Lori Eanes)

Any new Bay Area restaurant worth its salt had better put said salt on the rim of a top-shelf margarita.

Second Helpings

by Wanda Hennig(Photography by Lori Eanes)

It was a balmy evening in an East Contra Costa winery garden. Tables set out on the lawn and conversation flowing liberally like the wine.

Out on the Town

by Mary Lee Shalvoy(Photography by Courtesy of Phil Mucci)

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