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Talk of the Town: How do you imagine West Oakland looked before the BART Station and the Post Office were built?

August 5, 2024 Nikia Durgin

Nikia Durgan asked West Oakland residents in the Lower Bottoms to imagine what West Oakland looked like before BART and the Post Office.

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The Lower Bottoms: The Edge of the World

September 15, 2019 Ayodele Nzinga

I like this neighborhood best late at night. When it’s quiet and bathed in a kind, artificial light, and smelling vaguely of weed, flowers, and the places where former neighbors now live on curbs. I

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