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posted on
January 30th, 2012
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Davie quarry

Davie Tennis Stadium is a set of courts in a former quarry, administered by Oakland but situated within Piedmont. But what about the sto ...

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posted on
January 21st, 2012
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On Tuesday the skies were so clear I made a point of visiting the hills. Not as clear as Monday, but from the top of Radio Tower Hill this is how the Golden Gate looked. Remember this when the weat ...

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posted on
January 12th, 2012
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Sandstone concretion, Joaquin Miller Park

This odd tumorous-looking thing, on a sandstone boulder in the Oakland Conglomerate in Joaquin Miller Park, is a concretion.

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posted on
December 30th, 2011
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The Pill Hill/Fairmount ridge walk (#20)

This hills-and-paths walk is number 20, “Broadway and Oak Glen Park,” in Charles Fleming’s Secret Stairs East Bay. This is not a bedrock walk, like the previous ones I ...

posted on
December 24th, 2011
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Oakland Memorial Park (earthquake park)

In the Cypress district of West Oakland is a memorial park about the 1989 earthquake, which did the majority of its killing here. The sculpture at the corner of 14th Street and Mandela Parkway repr ...