signs: Foothill Square

Idon't have any pictures of the old Foothill Square shopping center sign, but it's great to see activity there again in any event. And I want to get a picture of this at night, too.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks with work, but I took a couple of minutes on the way in to take this picture and a couple of others for the Oakland Wiki, like this of Fire Station #26. Tomorrow I'm hoping to work on my book and maybe do another blog post, but we'll see...

signs: Sports Page

Sports Page

An interesting sign, with a combination of metal, plastic and a bit of neon for the drink glass. It's also notable because so far it's the easternmost Oakland sign I've posted. There's not a lot of commercial areas further east than it, except nearby Foothill Square.

I came across it the other day when doing a test ride for the upcoming "Five Houses Bike Tour" featuring 5 (or so) historic houses in Oakland. We're still working on the details, but it will be on Saturday, September 29th. The historic Dunsmuir-Hellman estate is nearby, just across I-580 near the East Bay Regional Park District HQ.