Oakland is a major West Coast port city in California. It has a mild, Mediterranean-type climate with warm sunny summers and cool winters. The area was inhabited by Costanoan Indians in the 18th century when the Spanish invaded.
In the early-1970s, unemployment, poverty, and crime rates were high in Oakland. The city began to experience serious problems with gang-controlled dealing of heroin and cocaine when drug kingpin Felix Mitchell created the nation’s first large-scale operation. The murder rate rose to twice that of San Francisco or New York City. In the 1980s Oakland remained as one of America’s most crime-ridden cities Things began to change in the 1990s, much of the city center was rebuilt, and many run-down neighborhoods were gentrified.
Here below are some amazing vintage photos of Oakland by Dave Glass from the 1970s and 1980s that will take you back.
#1 Homes in West Oakland, 1974
#2 West Oakland, 1975.
#3 Island Auto Movie, Alameda, 1983.
#4 The Remillard House, located in Preservation Park,Queen Anne victorian near 12th Street and Martin Luther King, Oakland, 1980s.
#5 Eli’s Mile High Club, back entrance, Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, 1988.
#6 A bridge damaged by an earthquake at Highway 880, October 1989.
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My then husband John was a manager for Amtrak at the time, he went down to the station and handed out emergency supplies, including blankets and water. What a terrible earthquake it was.
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It was more than a bridge, it was the Cypress Expressway (880) from around downtown to the Bay Bridge maze.
#7 Cooking BBQ in the Coliseum parking before an Oakland Raiders football game, Oakland, 1980.
#8 Nasan Market, Adeline Street, Oakland
#9 Automobile graveyard beneath the Nimitz Freeway, near 34th St and Wood, Oakland, 1986.
#10 Looking down 3rd street, near the Oakland Produce Terminal, 1979.
#11 1957 Buick at intersection of 15th Street and Peralta, Oakland, 1979.
#12 Tailgate banquet before Raiders, Oakland, 1980.
#13 American Bag Company3rd and Harrison, Oakland, 1976.
#14 Oakland Fox TheatreTelegraph Avenue, Oakland, 1978.
#15 Derelict victorian flats,1610 14th Street, Oakland, 1980s.
#16 Sagging flats, 317-323 Castro Street, Oakland.
#17 Economy shop Suey, Oakland, 1988.
#18 Hansen Coffee Company, 327 Clay St. Oakland, 1985.
#19 45th and Martin Luther King streets, Oakland, 1987.
#20 Sidewalk sale, West Oakland, 1977.
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This house actually belonged to the Lee Family and I live there with them from 1981- 1983. May the Higher Power Bless them All.
#21 Cadillac in a debris box, 20th century salvage, West Oakland, 1975.
#22 1947 Dodge 4-door sedan13th and Center Street,West Oakland, 1981
#23 Sutter HotelJefferson and 14th StreetDowntown Oakland.
#24 Lectric Washouse24-Hour laundromat, local institutionTelegraph and 59th Street, Oakland, 1987
#25 Hill Castle Apartments1431 Jackson Street, Oakland.
#26 Looking south-east down 2nd StreetNear the new Oakland Amtrak stationOakland, 1983.
#27 Tip’s Soul Food, 1445 Center Street in West Oakland, 1984.
#28 1961 Rambler American, Oakland, 1982.
#29 Washington and 9th Street, Oakland.
#30 Abraham’s Market,Washington and 9th Street,Oakland.
#31 17th Street between Telegraph and San Pablo Ave. Oakland 1989
#32 West Oakland, row of houses before demolition, 1975.
#33 Demolition of the earthquake damaged section of Interstate-880 known as the Cypress Structure. 14th Street & Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, 1989.
#34 Storage building near the Port of Oakland, 1985.
#35 Golden Gate Adult Books, 1905 San Pablo Ave. Oakland, 1982.
#36 Vertical Parking, Oakland, 1980s.
#37 West Oakland,15th and Peralta, Oakland California, 1989.
#38 Ironworks district, Oakland, 1976.
#39 Phoenix Iron Works, near the Port of Oakland, 1976.
#40 Vinnell Steel, Oakland, 1976.
#41 Wood Street, west Oakland, 1981.
#42 10th and Wood Streets, West Oakland, 1987.
#43 Adaline street, Oakland, 1987.
#44 West Oakland,Alameda County.
#45 Vacant lot in West Oakland, 1984.
#46 Rail infrastructure and gas storage tanks, near the Port of Oakland, 1976.
#47 1958 Cadillac interior, Oakland, 1984.
#48 M.L.King Street, Oakland, 1975.
#49 Peralta and 14th Street, Oakland, 1980s.
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Not 1980’s. Johannes Mersele shot Oscar Grant in 2009
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This is 2009 or later, not the 1980s.
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This photo is not from the 80s.
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, Cali
Any idea what corner this is?
Tenth & Wood