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4 July/augusT 2013

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TEMEscal cOMMunITy calEnDar

Eve sd, 9 m - 1 pm. emescalFarmers’ Marke, 5300 Claremon Ave., DMV parking lo. Please bring your own bags. Te

armers’ marke also acceps WIC coupons.

sd, 9 m. Keep emescal Clean &Beauiul mees o pick up rash and clean gra-i. 43rd & Shafer. Rain cancels. Gloves, bagsand liter pick-up ools are provided. Call im

Anderson a 698-2393 or [email protected] wih quesions. More ino a htp://www.acebook.com/KeepemescalClean.

Eve Mod, 5:30 - 6:45 pm. Donaion- based Communiy Haha Yoga Class a Hear- walker Sudio, 4920 elegraph Ave. (upsairs).Suggesed donaions, $10-15; no one urnedaway or lack o unds.

Eve Mo - i, 9 m - 3 pm. Te NorhOakland Senior Cener is open or memberso he communiy. Te annual $12 member-ship eniles seniors 55 and older o qualiy or discouns on aciviies and rips. Comeenjoy ars and crafs, healh insurance coun-seling, exercise and dance, rips and oursand compuer classes a 5714 MLK Jr. Way,597-5085.

Ted & Thrd, 3 - 6 pm. e EasBay Children’s Book Projec, which gives booksree o charge o proessionals who work wih

children in need, is open in is new locaiona he Mosswood Recreaion Cener, 3612 Webser S. Ino: 408-READ or www.ebcbp.org.

Weded, 10:30 m. Preschool so-ry ime. emescal Branch Library, 5205elegraph Ave., 597-5049.

std J 6, 11 m - 1 pm. FirsSaurday playdaes a Emerson Elemenary.Come o he kindergaren playground onShafer o mee neighborhood amilies, play ogeher and learn more abou wha’s happen-ing a Emerson. Celebrae he new reehouse!Repeas Aug 3.

Thd J 11 & 18th, 8:30 pm.

emescal Sree Cinema, 49h & elegraph.Limied seaing. Come early or bring a chair!

www.emescalsreecinema.com

id J 12, 6 pm. Poery Saloon (drunk

on poery!) We gaher he second Friday o he monh wih a casual poluck a 6 pm, read-ing a 7:30 pm. For he reading, bring a coupleo poems o yours and someone else’s, or 2-3pages o prose, or come jus o enjoy. Desser,coee and ea are provided. Hoss are KaylaSussell and Ava Bird. 472 44h Sree be-ween elegraph and Webser. Conac CliveMason a 510-654-6495 wih any quesions.Repeas Augus 9.

sd J 28, oo. Join Ciy Councilrepresenaive Dan Kalb and ohers in DisricOne or he annual D-1 summer picnic pary,

held a Lake emescal Regional Park (souhside enrance). Please bring a side dish oshare.

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Aer compiling and analyzing heir re-

search daa, suden groups developed 3-D

prooypes or projecs or he neighbor-

hood. Some o hese prooypes included a

Dog Park, a Communiy Garden, a Parkle, aMini Police Saion and a Crosswalk a 42nd

and Opal. Sudens presened heir projec

prooypes o members o he school and

neighborhood communiy. is presena-

ion process allowed he sudens o ge inpu

and eedback abou heir designs.

Nex year’s sudens will pick up where

his year’s sudens le o. We hope o bring

a leas one o hese projecs ino ruiionin he near uure. As we learned rom he

sory o he developmen o he 40h Sree

Parkle, neighborhood projecs do no jus

happen overnigh.

rough experiences such as he Com-

muniy Acion class, we are hoping ha su-

dens will develop and culivae a srong sense

o agency. I’s never oo early o sar learning

how o be more engaged wih your communiy.

I you would like more inormaionabou our research or would like o be in-

volved wih our Communiy Acion Projecs,

please conac Jeanine Harmon, Direcor o

Communiy Oureach and Service Learning

a [email protected]. u

— Jeanine Harmon

Teme street ciem’ sixth seo!

We're graeul o he emescal-

elegraph Business Improvemen Disric

(TBID) or is signican suppor once

again his season, as well as o our oh-

er aihul annual conribuors: ReedBrohers Securiy, emescal Square, 17

Jewels Salon and Spa, and Sudio Balanza.

We have a grea lineup his season.

Showimes begin a 8:30 pm: come early

and bring a chair! You can nd he ull

program a www.emescalsreecinema.

com. u

—Suzanne L'Heureux

emescal Sree Cinema cel-

ebraes is is 6h season o ree

lms by Bay Area lmmakers in

June and July. We have a grea program o

lms lined up every ursday nigh rom June 13h o July 18h, skipping he 4h o

July, a 49h Sree a elegraph Ave.

In consideraion o our residenial

neighbors, we have eliminaed he live

music porion o he even, bu you can

sill come gaher wih riends and am-

ily beorehand and enjoy he sree clo-

sure and various ood oerings. You can

check our Facebook page or updaes.

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an ongoing orum or communiy educaion, ineracion, and

empowermen.

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emescal News & ViewsThE vOIcE Of nOrTh OaklanD’s TEMEscal nEIghBOrhOOD July/augusT 2013

adopt-a-spot: 45th & Webte Betiftio updte

Volunteers and students at Oakland International plant fruit trees at 45th and Webster Streets. Photo by Don Stahlhut.

er several monhs o planning, und-

raising and increasing expecaions,

he Beauicaion Projec a 45h and

Webser Srees has been compleed!

Wha was once a barren eyesore on he

L-shaped plo beween he Oakland Inernaional

High School’s parking lo and he inersecion’s side-

walk is now a blossoming landscape eauring rui

rees and edible plans.

Wha sared wih a dozen neighbors voicing

heir suppor or he revializaion eor grew ino

he kind o response ha’s become ypical in he

emescal neighborhood.weny individual donaions and six corporae

conribuions made i possible or he Beauicaion

Projec o move orward. Some o hose gis resul-

ed rom an earlier aricle in Temescal News & Views.

Aspecs o he landscape eor included he

building o a one-oo high cemen reaining wall,

adding compos and soil, planing rui rees and ed-

ible plans and covering he enire area wih wood

chips.

A

Sudens rom Oakland Inernaional High

School provided he hard bu rewarding labor. ey

were supervised by a eam o eachers who used he

eor as an educaional opporuniy or he young

people. I also creaed pride and ownership in he

projec or he youngsers. Some nearby neighbors

len a hand wih he ree planing.

e rash conainer on he 45h Sree side o

he Beauicaion Projec will be ransormed rom

a spray painers’ paradise ino a mosaic, similar o he

many works o ar now adorning elegraph Avenue.

ere’s anoher reuse conainer a litle urher

wes on 45h Sree, and undraising eors havesared in hopes o having a colorul design emblaze

is exerior also. Alhough his recepacle is ouside

o he boundary or he Projec, is “rehabilia-

ion” would resul in all hree rash cans beween

elegraph and Webser S. having mosaic iling

which could reduce he possibiliy o grafi ags or

he enire block. u

— Don Stahlhut, 43rd and Webster



2 July/augusT 201

neihbo Mot Oppoitio to BevMo Popo

everages and More, known as

BevMo!, is proposing a sore in he

old Frazee’s Pain building a 49h

and elegraph. A group o neighbors and lo-

cal merchans are opposing he sore and arecirculaing a peiion. We believe a BevMo a

his locaion is undamenally wrong or our

neighborhood or he ollowing reasons:

• Our neighborhood does not need 6,500

square eet o liquor. Liquor sore densiy

has been direcly linked o violen crime,

according o a UC Riverside sudy in 2011

(htp://newsroom.ucr.edu/2717).

• We do not want the added trac and

exhaust rom destination shoppers and

idling trucks that an autocentric BevMo

store would bring. e chain sore would

mean 20 or more ruck deliveries per week.

e number o cusomer visis per week

ional use permi rom he Ciy Plannin

Deparmen o open up a liquor sore a h

sie. Proponens o his projec will warn h

i we don’ accep BevMo, he building will b

le vacan and blighed and hey challenge uo say wha we hink should go in ha spac

We don’ have o gure ou wha WILL go

his sie jus o resis wha is being proposed

Le’s say no o BevMo because i is un

damenally wrong or our neighborhoo

Meanwhile, le’s keep open he possibi

iy or a creaive, locally owned business

emerge organically rom wihin our commu

niy. Please visi our webpage (htp://www

loakal.com/bevno) and sign our peiion

le our Ciy Planners know ha we say NO

o BevMo! u

—Suzanne L’Heureu

would average over 1,700, he majoriy o

which would be by car.

• BevMo’s presence would adversely im-

pact pedestrian and bike saety in our

neighborhood, as well as parking.• BevMo would put a 27-year-old, amily-

owned store out o business. DJ Adame,

his wie, and heir 3 children own U and I

Liquor and would be orced ou i a BevMo

opened up nex door o heir sore. e

Wine Mine would likely also be aeced.

• BevMo’s presence would greatly efect

the abric o Temescal, a neighbor-

hood o independently owned, local

businesses.

Piedmon Avenue successully sopped

BevMo rom coming ino heir neighbor-

hood and we can do he same!

BevMo would need o ge a condi-

B

Teme steet i ret J 7th

en years old, he emescal

Sree Fair coninues o aci-

vae he neighborhood. is

amily-riendly air eaures our ood

cours and hree sages showcasing local

perormers, along wih 150 boohs eam-

ing wih handmade cras, local arisry and

arisanship.

Join us on Sunday, July 7h rom

12-6 pm on elegraph Avenue beween42h and 51s. e air is sponsored

by he emescal elegraph Business

Improvemen Disric, Kaiser Permanene

and Children’s Hospial.

Enjoy delicious ood and drink rom lo-

cal resaurans including Lanespliter Pizza

and Pub, La Calaca Loca aqueria, Juhu

Beach Club, Cholia Linda, e Avenue,

Barlaa and Whole Foods. You’ll enjoy our

new ood cours anchored by Aun Mary’s,

Casserole, and avorie ood rucks includ-

ing Doc’s o he Bay and Fis o Flour, plus

an Ialian wine garden beneting he Ialian

American Federaion.

You can boogie down o dance music all

day a he Main Sage a 51s Sree eaur-

ing Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca (Salsa,

World music), Z’Amico (original rock), and

Ria Lackey and Friends (blues and soul).57h S Gallery eaures heir popular jazz

sage in he middle o he McDonald’s park-

ing lo, and here will be a jam session by

musicians rom 57h Sree Gallery rom 2

o 6 pm.

Experience a ranquil bu lively Kasper

Korner Ar and Music spo near 45h Sree

wih a esive amosphere o live acousic

music including CelloJoe, Rober emple

and accordionis Karen Penley.

e kids will enjoy music and magic a

he Kid’s Sage a 47h Sree wih Cowgi

ricks, Jeremy he Juggler, Asheba, 57

Sree Gallery Youh Jazz Ensemble, an

Subzero5, plus carousel rides, Kineic Ar

Cener, a climbing wall, hula hooping an

Flying Yoga demos. Fine ariss, cra an

communiy boohs will eaure heir rea

sures. Visi emescal Alley and Alley 49, mix o arisan-owned sudios and shop

e Green Zone showcases susainable re

sources. Vale bike parking provided by h

Eas Bay Bicycle Coaliion.

o voluneer, call 510-830-7327 o

visi www.emescaldisric.org. u

— Karen Hester, Temescal Street Fa

Co-coordinato



Since is earlies days, emescal has

been a place o communiy, creaiv-

iy and innovaion. Park Day School,

an independen K-8 school, has been par o

he emescal neighborhood since 1982. is

year, he sevenh and eighh grade sudens a

Park Day School had he opporuniy o learn

more abou he emescal neighborhood as

par o heir Communiy Acion class. Beore

hey even sepped ou ino he neighbor-

hood, we asked hem o explore some big

quesions:

• What makes a community?

•

Who are the diferent stakeholders in acommunity?

• What does every community need?

e goal or our class was o ge sudens in-

volved wih developing projecs ha would

bes serve he needs o his communiy.

e discussions ha ollowed chal-

lenged heir preconceived ideas and allowed

hem o re-examine he assumpions ha we

oen make abou a communiy, as well as he

basic needs we can ake or graned. We sared our research by learning

more abou he rich hisory o he emescal

neighborhood. We looked old phoographs

o examine he way ha emescal used o

look and compared i o he way i looks o-

day. We used Temescal Legacies: Narratives o

Change fom a North Oakland Neighborhood

by local auhor Je Norman o learn more

abou specic evens and sysems, such as he

variey o ransporaion sysems ha exised

over he years, and how hey made an impac

on he developmen o he area over ime.

Aer we divided he neighborhood

ino our quadrans, sudens worked in

small groups o learn abou one o he quad-

rans in deph. While he suden groups

were ou exploring heir quadran, hey re-

corded heir observaions wih phoos and

Pk D stdet Diove Teme Pt o commit atio c

TEMEscal nEWs & vIEWs

Students from Park Day School survey examples of public art in Temescal. Photo by Jeanine Harmon.

documened heir ndings wih noes. e

more hey explored, he more quesions

hey had.

Wheher you live, work or play in

emescal, we each have a unique perspec-

ive and experience wihin he neighbor-

hood. In order o beter undersand hese

muliple perspecives, he suden groups

inerviewed neighborhood residens and business owners/managers. We even joined

he emescal Neighborhood Yahoo Group

o hear more voices rom he communiy.

We invied gues speakers o our class like

Suzanne L’Heureux o Inerace Gallery and

he emescal Creek Cohousing Communiy,

and Jessie Hemmons, ormer Philadelphia-

now-Oakland yarnbomber. We crowded ino

Manieso Bikes o lisen o MacKay Gibbs

describe he developmen process o h

40h Sree Parkle. ese ace-o-ace expe

riences wih people who live and work in h

neighborhood deepened our undersandin

o his communiy.

I was no surprise o hear how much

everyone loves his neighborhood, bu som

o our ndings surprised us. For example, w

learned ha here are a lo o dog owners inhe emescal neighborhood bu no conve

nien dogs park nearby. We also learned ha

many residens are concerned abou crim

and wish here was a more regular polic

presence in he neighborhood. While man

residens love he variey o resaurans in

emescal, many would also welcome he ad

diion o more aordable opions in he mix

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