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    The document discusses the history and impact of Interstate 980 in Oakland, California. It references sources that describe I-980 as dividing downtown Oakland from West Oakland and lacking proper signage. It also notes efforts in the 1960s to rehabilitate existing homes in the Oak Center neighborhood rather than demolishing them, saving hundreds of homes from being destroyed.

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    The document discusses the history and impact of Interstate 980 in Oakland, California. It references sources that describe I-980 as dividing downtown Oakland from West Oakland and lacking proper signage. It also notes efforts in the 1960s to rehabilitate existing homes in the Oak Center neighborhood rather than demolishing them, saving hundreds of homes from being destroyed.

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    CCA ARCHITECTURE THESIS

    RESISTANCE LED BY NEAL SCHWARTZ

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    Source: American Babylon, Robert Self

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Source: On the Ground in Oakland, Marta Gutman

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Source: American Babylon, Robert Self

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

    According to Wikipedia: (Interstate) 980 is commonly considered the dividing line between Downtown Oakland and West Oakland. The freeway was planned as the eastern approach to the San Francisco Bay Southern Crossing. The freeway itself lacks overhead guide signs mentioning I-980.

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    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_980_(California)

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Source: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/bridge/up001.html

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Source (background image): United States Geological Survey data for Google Earth

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Direction of Vehicular Traffic (freeways in bold)

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Direction of Vehicular Traffic (freeways in bold)

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Radius = Volume

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Polyrhythm of the City

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY

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    Signs point downtown

    THE HIDDEN FREEWAY


    After three years of diligent lobbying between 1961 and 1964, Oak Center won a deal from the city permitting all property owners access to redevelopment funds for the rehabilitation and improvement of existing homes, saving hundreds from demolition. -Robert Self, American Babylon

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    Historic Oak Center

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