TOWNE CRIER #32
NEIGHBORS
We have a new neighbor in #101. PAUL YOUNGBLOOD has a photography studio, 8Creative8. He is renting from owner, KEN TOUEY. Paul also owns the Watch store around the corner, and lives in Sierra Lofts.
We also have a new couple in #307, renting CHO KWAN's unit.,
PAINT PARTY
Now that we have all the top three floor 'lobby exhibit' areas all painted and complete with photographic murals, work is starting on the first floor. Before any of the exotic hardwood can be installed the walls have to be painted. And that's where YOU come in. Saturday morning, 8 July 2006 at 9am there will be a paint party. Contact FSL HOA VP, CHASE MILBRANDT, if you are interested. Come on by and cheer us on.
The next plan after that is to paint the walls of the hallway leading to the Mail Room and hang the historic photographs that used to grace the walls upstairs.
MANDATORY SPRINKLER INSPECTION
Don't forget that there will be a mandatory Inspection of all units and storage lockers to check the Sprinklers on Wednesday 12 July 2006. If you can't be home that day, please see that you get your key to me ahead of time. There are key tags in the Mail Room. Leave your marked key in my mailbox - #103.
EXTERIOR PAINTING
Plans are moving along to paint the exterior of the building, redo the FSL sign and refurbish and wash the glass awning. Come to the next FSL HOA meeting and learn the plans - Monday 17 July 2006. The agenda and meeting place will be posted in the Mail Room the week prior to the meeting.
SKATEBOARDERS
The Posey Tube structure is getting a face lift on both sides - Oakland and Alameda. This means there is a structure on the outside, which impinges on the sidewalk. What this does mean for us is careful driving down Fourth Street between Harrison and Webster. The Posey Tube sidewalk has become the hangout for a growing group of budding skateboarders, mostly of the beginner level. They are young and reckless - they don't pay much attention to oncoming traffic.
FARMERS' MARKET
The Farmers' Market in Jack London Square on Sunday mornings and the Farmers' Market on Webster Street in Alameda on Tuesday morning are each part of the Pacific Farmers' Market Associations. Both hold night markets during summer hours. The Alameda Market at Webster & Taylor Streets, near the end of Webster Street, is open Thursdays from 4-8pm, through Thursday 28 September 2006. There are Free Outdoor Family Movies the first and third Thursdays starting at dusk. The last movie was Raiders of the Lost Ark. Guest Chefs give Cooking Demonstrations on the fourth Thursdays.
SUMMER SOUNDS 2006
Every Wednesday noon there are Free Concerts at Oakland's Civic Center Shopping Center. In July there will be Smooth Jazz on 5 July; Sea Shanties on 12 July; Rock on 19 July and Funk Jazz on 26 July. The free noon concerts run through October. In December there are three noon holiday concerts to celebrate Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanza. For complete schedule - http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com/events.cfm
CONCERTS AT THE COVE
On the Second Friday of July and August there are Free Concerts at the Cove in Alameda, starting at 5:30pm. This is at the foot of McKay Street. July 14 it is The Amigos and August 11 it is the Alameda All Stars. There is free parking at Crown_Memorial Beach, off 8th and Otis Street, and also at lots at Santa Clara at Webster and Taylor Streets. For the energetic bikers, there is free secure valet bicycle parking.
FREE MOVIES IN OLD OAKLAND
Every third Saturday this summer, July - October, there will be free movies in Old Oakland, 9th & Washington. Some chairs are provided, but feel free to bring your own. The schedule is: 15 July - NETWORK 1976; 19 August-JOY LUCK CLUB 1993; 16 September-BOURNE IDENTITY 2002; and 21 October-SHREK 2001. Films begin at sunset. For more information - http://www.oldoakland.org/oo/neighborhood.cfm#joe610
MOVIE BENEFIT
TEMPO, an affiliate of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, is holding a benefit Movie Night, showing "Flashdance" at 9:15pm Tuesday 11 July 2006 at the Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Boulevard, Oakland. $2 of each ticket will go to the Oakland East Bay Symphony Education Program, bringing music to East Bay schools. The Parkway serves food and drinks, and has sofas and comfortable chairs. www.picturepubpizza.com.
OAKLAND WALKING TOURS
The images of author Jack London will surround you as you tour the historic square and waterfront. Visit a turn-of-the-century wholesale produce district still in operation and see the USS Potomac, the restored yacht of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Tour begins at 10:00 a.m. in front of the northwest corner of Broadway and Embarcadero Street.
2006 tour dates:
Wednesday, July 5; Saturday, August 5; Wednesday, August 30; Saturday, September 30; Wednesday, October 25.
PARKING VIOLATIONS
Although it may not seem like it, there is some enforcement for Parking Violations in our neighborhood, especially for overstaying one's welcome in the Green 12-minute Parking Zones in front of businesses, such as Cuckoo's Nest or Jack London Mail. The ticket is $50. If you want to contact the Parking Violations Bureau, to report, the number is 510/238-3099.