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- From: jav@rhiannon.sitka.sun.com (Joyce Vanderpoorten)
- Newsgroups: ba.motss
- Subject: Re: downtown Oakland
- Message-ID: <1k9cjjINNap7@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 19:36:19 GMT
- References: <1993Jan28.160939.23609@PacBell.COM>
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- I am native to this area and a long time Oakland resident -
- I live right along the lake and I get to enjoy
- the necklace of the lights around the lake every evening
- from my apartment window. That string of lights originated
- pre WWII but was forced to be turned out furing the blackouts
- that came with that war and due to years of neglect were
- finally removed. The Lake Merritt Breakfast Club - a group of
- Oakland Business owners raised close to a million dollars
- a few years back to install the original lamp post and that
- is what is on display around the lake now - it is a beautiful
- sight.
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- As for restaurants: Right along the lake is ZZA's - a fine and
- very loud Italian Restaurant. They are very MOTSS friendly.
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- I find many great eating establishments in this city and recently
- have gotten so involved with diwcovering different neighborhoods
- in this beautiful city that I rarely go to SF any more.
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- Joyce
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