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Dear OHA Supporters,             

In this week's "Announcements and Events," find details about: 

  • THIS THURSDAY - OHA's Hotel Oakland anniversary celebration!
  • First Unitarian Church Building Tour, November 10
  • "Hidden Engineer: The Designs of Julia Morgan" Exhibit
  • Peralta House Museum "History Cafe"
  • "Community Day" with San Francisco Architectural Heritage
  • "The Modern Work of Gardner Dailey" Lecture 
  • USS Potomac Election Night Cruise

Enjoy! 

THIS THURSDAY - CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOTEL OAKLAND, OCT. 18TH 

Architect James Vann will highlight the history of the Hotel Oakland, a National Register of Historic Places listed building that served as a hotel from 1912-1943, as a Veterans Administration hospital until 1963, and remains vital to our community as senior housing today.  Learn about the post-earthquake restoration of this beloved Oakland landmark and enjoy a reception sponsored by the Hotel Oakland Associates!

 
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012

Time: 7:00-8:30PM

Location: Hotel Oakland, 120 13th Street, Oakland, CA

Admission: $10 for OHA Members, $15 for general admission

ONSITE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE - JOIN US! 

 

The complete Oakland Heritage Alliance Fall Events Schedule is available online at http://www.oaklandheritage.org/Events.html

 

Submit questions to January Ruck at 510-763-9218 or via email info@oaklandheritage.org.

 

Hotel Oakland  

JOIN OHA FOR A TOUR OF FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF OAKLAND, NOVEMBER 10
Explore the 1891 Richardsonian Romanesque First Unitarian Church of Oakland with tour leaders Stefan Schneider, Bob Crowe, and OHA board member, Kathryn Hughes.

 

Date: Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012

Time: 10:00 AM - noon

Location: Available upon registration.

Admission: Advance Registration Required. $20 OHA members, $25 General Admission. Registration and additional details available at:  http://ohatour-november2012.eventbrite.com/   

VISIT "HIDDEN ENGINEER: THE DESIGNS OF JULIA MORGAN" EXHIBIT AT UC BERKELEY
Julia Morgan was a pioneer throughout her professional life. The first woman to enter and complete an education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, she later designed Hearst Castle, and left more than 700 buildings throughout California and the West.  Among other reasons, she is notable for having designed so many women-commissioned projects. This exhibit is mounted in conjunction with the Landmarks California Commission's Julia Morgan 2012 celebration, and re-examines some of Julia Morgan's most influential designs, using material from the Environmental Design Archives, Visual Resources Collection, and Environmental Design Library.

 

Date: on-going,  until December 17, 2012

Location: UC Berkeley, 210 Wuster Hall, Environmental Design Library, Volkmann Reading Room. 

Admission: FREE!

 

Information, hours and directions are available at www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/hours.html or call 510-642-4818.


PERALTA HOUSE MUSEUM HOSTS HISTORY CAFE

Attend the Peralta House Museum's History Cafe to enjoy an opportunity to talk about history and discuss on-going and future activities at the museum. Bring a snack or bottle of wine to share!

 

Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Location: Peralta House Museum, 2465 34th Avenue, Oakland, CA

 

RSVP to Maggie Stockel at maggie@peraltahacienda.org.

  

For additional information, visit www.peraltahacienda.org or call 510-532-9142.

COMMUNITY DAY AT HAAS-LILIENTHAL HOUSE

San Francisco Architectural Heritage will offer free tours of the 1886 Haas-Lilienthal House at its Annual Community Day to celebrate the house's recent designation as a "National Treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

 

Date: Sunday, October 21, 2012

Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: Haas-Lilienthal House, 2007 Franklin Street at Jackson Street, San Francisco

Admission: FREE!

 

Victorian dress optional, but encouraged!

 

To learn more, visit http://www.sfheritage.org/upcoming_events/

THE MODERN WORK OF GARDNER DAILEY

Docomomo NOCA and SF Heritage will host a lecture featuring Paul Adamson to explore the work of Gardner A. Dailey, one of the Bay Area's leading architects from the late 1920s into the 1960s. Alongside William Wurster, Dailey was a leader in developing the Second Bay Tradition style.  Despite having no formal architectural training he created an extensive and influential body of work, and his office launched the careers of other San Francisco architects, including Joseph Esherick.  Some of Dailey's significant San Francisco works include the Red Cross Headquarters, the Brazil Building for the 1939 World's Fair, on Treasure Island, and Luther Burbank, (now Martin Luther King) Middle School. The 1949 Owens Resident in Sausalito embodies his use of straightforward cubic massing, crisp detailing and indoor-outdoor planning. He also designed several buildings on the UC Berkeley campus including Tolman Hall.

 

Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012

Time: 5:30 PM, doors open; 6:00 PM, lecture starts

Location: Pier 1, Bayside Conference Room

Tickets: $8 SFHeritage and Docomomo members; $12 general public

 

To purchase advance tickets visit: http://www.sfheritage.org/

SAVE THE DATE: JOIN USS POTOMAC FOR ELECTION NIGHT CRUISE, NOVEMBER 6

Left, right or center? Sail with us aboard the Presidential Yacht Potomac on election night. Watch the results from all over the country come in on two large flat screen TVs. Enjoy a dinner of "American fare" and a hosted wine bar. We sail from Oakland to San Francisco; take on passengers and sail on the bay, before returning to San Francisco and Oakland. Proceeds underwrite the Potomac's educational programs for young people.

 

Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Time: 5:00 PM, depart Oakland; 6:00 PM, arrive at Pier 40 in San Francisco (take on new passengers); 8:00 PM, return to Pier 40; 9:00 PM, return to Oakland.

Location: Jack London Square berth - 540 Water Street, Oakland

Tickets: $85 before Nov. 1 (includes dinner & hosted wine bar). 

 

To learn more, or to purchase tickets, visit www.usspotomac.org or contact 510-627-1215; tickets also available through TicketWeb.

 

The USS Potomac was Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential yacht from 1933 to 1945, and was awarded a 2011 Oakland Heritage Alliance Partners in Preservation Award!

Contact Us
For information about Oakland Heritage Alliance events, please call the OHA office at 763-9218, email info@oaklandheritage.org, or visit www.oaklandheritage.org

Sincerely,

Oakland Heritage Alliance

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