Good news! I will be moving into a dreamy loft in Oakland!! 1400 square feet of painted concrete floor, big tall ceilings and windows - yay!
I think I may throw a rollerskate-friendly party just before my furniture is delivered - stay tuned. Here are some of my new neighbors (found via google search):
Architects
An art studio - recent show featured Susan Sarti, Sydnei Smith Jordan, and Zoe Martell.
Mayer Laboratories - socially responsible healthcare (a.k.a. condoms!!!)
Francisco Electric Supply
Yummy spa products (the founder of which, I find, is a member of the "San Francisco Craft Mafia!"
Oh, and the occasional grenade!
Bomb squad removes WWII grenades
Oakland Tribune, May 26, 2004 by STAFF REPORTS
OAKLAND -- Two modified World War II practice grenades discovered on a storage shelf in an East Oakland loft were gingerly removed by the bomb squad Tuesday afternoon and destroyed.
"These looked like practice grenades from the World War II era, which had been modified -- drilled out in the bottom, and possibly refilled with powder to make them functional again," said Capt. James Williams of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department bomb squad. "So we treated them as live grenades."
Around noon Tuesday, police received a call from the resident of one of the lofts at 646 Kennedy St., a two-story brick building near the Oakland Estuary.
"Apparently these folks were cleaning out their loft to move, and found a basket that had been given to them about 10 years ago after the resident's father had died," said Oakland police Sgt. Jon Madarang.
"They'd never looked in it and had just stuck it up on a shelf," he said.
Police evacuated the building, and residents stood on the sidewalk about a block away until the bomb squad containment van arrived and the squad removed the grenades.
Williams said the bomb squad gets dozens of similar calls every year, with hundreds of old war souvenirs floating around out there.
"And over time, explosive devices get more sensitive and volatile," Williams said. "These were old to begin with and had been sitting there for 10 years, so we wanted to take every precaution."
Architects
An art studio - recent show featured Susan Sarti, Sydnei Smith Jordan, and Zoe Martell.
Mayer Laboratories - socially responsible healthcare (a.k.a. condoms!!!)
Francisco Electric Supply
Yummy spa products (the founder of which, I find, is a member of the "San Francisco Craft Mafia!"
Oh, and the occasional grenade!
Bomb squad removes WWII grenades
Oakland Tribune, May 26, 2004 by STAFF REPORTS
OAKLAND -- Two modified World War II practice grenades discovered on a storage shelf in an East Oakland loft were gingerly removed by the bomb squad Tuesday afternoon and destroyed.
"These looked like practice grenades from the World War II era, which had been modified -- drilled out in the bottom, and possibly refilled with powder to make them functional again," said Capt. James Williams of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department bomb squad. "So we treated them as live grenades."
Around noon Tuesday, police received a call from the resident of one of the lofts at 646 Kennedy St., a two-story brick building near the Oakland Estuary.
"Apparently these folks were cleaning out their loft to move, and found a basket that had been given to them about 10 years ago after the resident's father had died," said Oakland police Sgt. Jon Madarang.
"They'd never looked in it and had just stuck it up on a shelf," he said.
Police evacuated the building, and residents stood on the sidewalk about a block away until the bomb squad containment van arrived and the squad removed the grenades.
Williams said the bomb squad gets dozens of similar calls every year, with hundreds of old war souvenirs floating around out there.
"And over time, explosive devices get more sensitive and volatile," Williams said. "These were old to begin with and had been sitting there for 10 years, so we wanted to take every precaution."
1 comment:
this is SO EXCITING!! i can't sleep, so at least i can check in on your blog. :-)
no grenades, though, OK?
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