Sometime in the last couple of years or so, these colorful crosswalks have appeared in the Fruitvale district.  You can't mistake wher...

This mural was commissioned by several businesses and is a collaboration between six street artists.  I'm not sure I get the connectio...

This line of palm trees on Ivy Hill is all that remains of Arbor Villa, a mansion built in the 1890s by Francis Marion “Borax” Smith.   Sm...

This building, with its ornate pediments, graces 15th Street in downtown Oakland.  Interestingly, I have not been able to discover what OT...

This vintage sign is on 14th Street.  Amazingly, Ideal is still in business at its original site.  The iron gate signifies "closed on...

Found off Mandela Parkway at about 26th Street, this new mural is a collaboration between Ernest Doty, Skinner, and Griffin One.  Doty...

After a brief interlude of rain, we're back to sunny days with an occasional fluffy cloud.  We need the rain, so our fair weather is a...

Spotted at an artists' enclave in West Oakland.  Made me laugh. Out of town again for several days.

I have no idea what this is about but I admire the graphic design.  It appears to be a collaboration between two artists but I found no si...

Community gardens are found in many neighborhoods in Oakland.  This one is on the Oakland-Emeryville (think Pixar) border and features scu...

The annual Qingming Festival was observed at Mt. View Cemetery this week.  In Chinese culture it is the day of remembrance of the ancestor...

Many of our schools have murals, typically painted by students.  This one adorns a wall of McClymonds High School in West Oakland. If yo...

We've had a dry winter but it hasn't stopped the wild flowers from blooming.  Golden poppies are the state flower and can be found...

California redwood trees ( Sequoia sempervirens) are some of the longest lived plants on the planet.  This tree fell in a local storm in t...

This mural is found at Foothill and 26th Avenue.  It was done by José Velásquez in 2001 and was sponsored by several community organizatio...

Today is also Theme Day in the CDP community.  Thought another shot from last week's running festival would fit the bill.  After al...

All along the Running Festival marathon route citizens were out to cheer on the runners.  As the course turned on to International Blvd...

Kwik Way is an old-fashioned drive-thru burger joint near the Grand Lake Theater .  Last year new owners took it over and it's undergo...

Sunday was the 3rd annual Oakland Running Festival.  Over 10,000 people signed up for the various events that made up this year's fest...

This mural is on a corrugated metal partition recently put up while a house is being renovated.  The mural has been in place less than two...

Spotted at a recycle center on Peralta St. in West Oakland.  Some people are just so clever.

Jack London's Oakland roots run deep.  His boyhood home on Foothill Blvd. continues to exist and is still someone's home.  Getting...

This simple mural is found in West Oakland along Mandela Parkway.  I imagine it is meant to be educational to the younger generations that...

This Tudor style sits in a small glen where Temescal Creek runs above ground before it runs into Temescal Lake.  The house was built in th...

I thought this was an incredible paint job on this vintage car.  It reminds me of Chantilly lace.  Spotted at the car show during Art Murm...

This is the other half of the fence mural posted last week.  More humor and nostalgia from Bode and Deb.  I think the mini skirt and go-go...

This is a flashy looking ride.  Right after I took this picture, the owner got on and rumbled away.  Spied at Fruitvale and E. 12th St.

This charming mural is in West Oakland off of Mandela Parkway.  It was done by Bode who brought you the wonderful mermaid featured a long...

This is the nicest purple paint job I've seen and I'm not a fan of purple, especially not on a house.  All that lush foliage tones...

This apartment building off Telegraph Avenue still carries a sign of it's earlier incarnation.   Its subsequent owners must have wante...

This lovely gazebo is found on the grounds of the Dunsmuir House featured a few weeks ago.  The pleasant grounds are another reason Dunsm...

Around the corner from yesterday's mural are these two Victorian houses.  Although they are now duplexes, they retain their classical ...

This very cool three story mural is found on 10th Street in Chinatown.  I really like the composition.   Unfortunately, I couldn't fin...

While out and about I watched kids play at a playground in Chinatown.  It wasn't until I really looked at the play structure that I re...

The Oakland Museum presented a multi-faceted celebration for the Lunar New Year.  There were many activities for children, Chinese dances,...

The Financial Center building is downtown at 14th St. and Franklin.  It was built in 1929 and is considered to be an example of...

A new mural has appeared on the Haley Law Offices building in downtown.  Created by the Manentes, a father and son team,  this is the seco...

The tower you see is part of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge .  The erector set behind it is the original span which will be in use...

Found on a sidewalk in East Oakland.  Happy Valentine's Day.

If you drive by this gym you'll see all kinds of martial arts being practiced across the day and well into the evening.  I'm espec...

It's amazing what you can find when you leave your well traveled routes.  Found this Jules Verne octopus painted across the front of t...

Automania has some pretty funny stuff around their building.  Their motto is Rust in Peace.  Presumably with laughter on their lips.  Loc...

Dunsmuir House was built in 1899 on 415 acres in a small valley in the Oakland hills.  Alexander Dunsmuir,  heir to a Canadian fortune in...

Don't ask me why a place called the Leaning Tower of Pizza would have a mural of Venice; but it is what it is.  Hey, it's all ...

Today is City Daily Photo's monthly Theme Day.  Because I'm so literal, I'm posting the only umbrella photo in my archive.  Pa...

In the spirit of the Space Invader of Paris, a local artist has been sprinkling Haddon Hill and other neighborhoods with tiny gnomes.  Ju...

The Cathedral of Christ the Light is the seat of the Oakland Catholic diocese.  It's the first cathedral built in the 21st century.  A...