This little house is a free service from a local home owner.  Just walk by to take and leave a book.  Pretty nice if you ask me. 

Bode is the street artist who also brought us the Mermaid .  Did you notice that this lovely lady has two tattoos?  Found in the industria...

The People of Oakland is an ongoing series of murals by father and son team Mike and John Manente . The murals feature various homeless...

Early evening along the estuary.  Runners, walkers, and bikers like to take the trail along the estuary as it runs through much of East Oa...

The official title of this mural is Murals and Girls.  But I don't think it tells the tale, do you?  Found downtown in a parking lot n...

Spanish-style architecture has been popular for a long time in the Bay Area.  As in LA, it dates back to the 18th century land grant era. ...

This family was having a great time playing on the the sculptures at Arrowhead Marsh at MLK Jr. Shoreline Park.  The metal for the sculptu...

Infinite Artistry painted this mural in 2010 on the side of a liquor store just off International Blvd.  Couldn't find anymore informa...

...to eternity?  It's the first of the month, and members of City Daily Photo publish photos related to the month's theme.  This m...

I wish I had asked the owner more about this car.  I have no idea if this is an original design or it has been modified to cultivate a coo...

Oakland seems to indulge in the bottomless coffee cup given the number of coffee houses and coffee trucks that abound in our town.  The Fo...

Mags as another bathing beauty up only a block from the ones I've previously shown you.  They really grow on you. Welcome to Monday ...

Standing on a BART platform waiting for the train to San Francisco.  It doesn't look busy, but you'd be surprised how quickly the ...

Found on a construction fence in West Oakland.  Today is a national holiday where we honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work.  On...

This graceful old house anchors a corner in the Bella Vista neighborhood of East Oakland.  Love that oval hallway window.  Oakland has ton...

Those wacky guys at Automania have cut up another car and placed it facing one of their walls.  Their stuff always makes me laugh.  Linke...

These green swaths are showing up around town.  They indicate dedicated bike lanes---no cars allowed.

Photographing this mural took some gymnastics because it is behind fencing on all sides.  A lot of the murals in Oakland reference cultura...

Dusk at the MLK Jr. Shoreline Park.  Some days the skies can get gray and misty.  And then the sun breaks through.  Linked to Skywatch Fri...

I'm not sure what this is about but it sends the mind reeling at the possibilities.  Linked to Signs, Signs .

While much of the shoreline around the Bay is being rescued and resuscitated, you still find a lot of industry.  Next to the shoreline path...

Had to laugh at how the firefighters designed their union office.  Spotted downtown.

This is one of the larger Love Oakland murals on 15th Street.  Included is a shoreline image of Lake Merritt which is only a few blocks aw...

Did you know Oakland established the first bird sanctuary in the nation?  We are fortunate to be along the migratory path of many species ...

The air quality has been poor lately and we've had several days where burning in the fireplace has been prohibited.  Ironically, parti...

A massive sculpture in the City Center complex.

Every Christmas Mt. View Cemetery has a light display that draws visitors from all over.  This is one small corner of the bounty of light...

Here is another mural along 15th Street done by the Love Oakland group.  The little guy looks scared as he aims for the stars.  But his me...

Saw this last week and it make me laugh.  Reminds me of all those westerns that show a dentist advertising with a tooth hanging outside hi...

Several murals reside on one block of 15th Street downtown.  They are sponsored by Love Oakland Group which is self-decribed as "a c...

The City Center sculpture by Roslyn Mazzilli , seen in the background of yesterday's post, is titled "There."  Oaklanders ke...

These students are dancing to a West African band that is performing.

City Center is a business and government complex in downtown Oakland.  The fountain was up and running this week while concerts were held ...

This huge mural is located downtown and was created in 1985.  The title is taken from Ezekial 18:31 which has to do with repentance.  A sm...

While walking downtown the other day, I spied these reflections.  The one on the left is City Hall.  The one on the right, I'm not so ...

Last week we experienced intense winds that really shook the rafters.  One of the victims was this 135 year old eucalyptus tree along the ...

Amanda Lynn has several murals in Oakland, often done in collaboration with her friend Mags.   This one is found around the corner from t...

   This Victorian house is now a duplex. It's recently had a new paint job with at least six colors.  Pretty unusual, if not elegant ...

This large scale mural looks like a group effort but I didn't see any signatures.  I feel I should know the artists by the distinctive...

Today is Theme Day in the City Daily Photo world.  This month's theme is "looking out."  Being the literal sort, I'm pos...

While driving around East Oakland I found this street shrine placed in a median strip designed to divert traffic.  Whoever created it incl...

I really like Cannon Dill's work.  While driving downtown the other day I found another one on a garage door on MLK Way.  His work is ...

At Sunday's farmer's market in Montclair Village, the booth with the longest line was this guy's serving up roasted chicken.  ...

While driving up the street, a flash of color sparkled in my peripheral vision.  I turned the car around and found another mural by the Co...

I know I've seen those eyes somewhere before, but I can't remember where.  Done by Gloria Muriel , a San Diego based artist, w...

As the sign implies, bicycling is very popular in Oakland.  Dedicated lanes for bicycles on our city streets are definitely on the increas...

Here's another one by Mags and Alynn found around the corner from the mural posted last week.  If the ones I found are any indication,...

This is a joint project between Alynn and Mags.  I like the glamor girl especially the flowing and rippled drape of the fabric.  But the b...

This wonderful psychedelic hummingbird is part of a much larger mural on two sides of an old building in West Oakland.  I like the kinetic...