Graffiti + Candy Paint = Yet Another Saturday in Oakland... and Alameda?

[Nineties Flava]

EDIT: Upon thinking it through more, I realized the thread title should have been "Spray Paint + Candy Paint..." instead of "Graffiti + Candy Paint..." If any Mod feels like making that change, that would be nice

Today's been interesting to say the least. I woke up today thinking I'd do a set on Alameda until I remembered that the Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle was happening today at De Fremery Park in West Oakland (same place as the Black Cowboy Festival). For those of you who haven't heard of it: http://www.estria.org/graffiti-battles/ So after I got over there and stayed for about two hours, I figured that I still had time to the Alameda set so I decided to focus on Park Street. As I was starting to do the neighborhood set though, I discovered that they're doing a classic car show all down the strip. This was beginning to feel like Deja Vu of last weekend in more ways than one lol.

Anyway, here's my pics...

West Oakland

Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle


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Downtown Oakland

San Pablo Gateway


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City Center


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East Oakland

South Kennedy Tract (Jingletown)


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Alameda


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Classic Car Show


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East Oakland

South Kennedy Tract (Continued)


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And here's a final pic of the Hawthorne neighborhood to close my Saturday out:

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Thanks for viewing my thread. All feedback is appreciated and will be returned.

[Expat]

NF - You have outdone yourself with this set. Brilliant & thoughtfully done!

[ShadowMaster]

This thread is full of flava! Another outstanding showcase.

[Nineties Flava]

Thanks Expat & Shadowmaster for following my work as always.

[Nineties Flava]

Here's video I took at the skatepark in De Fremery Park:

• Video Link

[diskojoe]

your best yet. I like how you add some portraits to the set.

also $3.50 for a slice and a drink is a hellava good deal.

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by diskojoe

your best yet. I like how you add some portraits to the set.

also $3.50 for a slice and a drink is a hellava good deal.

Yes it is... if it wasn't in Alameda I'd have taken advantage of that by now.

[ColDayMan]

I'm diggin' it.

[dktshb]

Great set! I really enjoyed seeing people out and about in the skateboard park.

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by dktshb

Great set! I really enjoyed seeing people out and about in the skateboard park.

I wasn't even aware that there was a skate-park in West Oakland until I went to the festival. You learn something everyday...

[xzmattzx]

Nce pictures. Alameda looks like it has some nice tidy homes. I wasn't really expecting much from it.

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Nce pictures. Alameda looks like it has some nice tidy homes. I wasn't really expecting much from it.

Alameda's a very nice town with a lot more going on than most East Bay suburbs (other than Berkeley)... it has two very robust main strips (Park Street & Webster Steet) and some of the nicest waterfront in the Bay Area. A trip to the East Bay would definitely be incomplete without visiting Alameda.

[ifeeldope9779]

Im totally down with this thread, especially cause in your video there is a remixed version of ATCQ's mind power that sounds pretty good . Your threads continually get better, nice work.

even better.

[raaga]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Nce pictures. Alameda looks like it has some nice tidy homes. I wasn't really expecting much from it.

Alameda is a quaint, older city. It was the initial western terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 and was a built-up city by the turn of the century:

http://www.alamedainfo.com/Park_Stre...da_CA_1030.jpg

It once had a system of streetcars running through it:

http://www.alamedainfo.com/Park_St_S...lectric_Tr.jpg

...and a lot of the neighborhoods have lovely ornate Victorian homes and other architecture. The city has nice older apartment buildings, too, that give some areas a measure of urbanity and density. This is the only other thread I can find here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=158549

BTW, nice thread Nineties Flava.

[stepper77]

Nice to see some local event shown here. Great photos, thanks!

[LSyd]

this is my kinda thread. good stuff.

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