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Oct 02
in Now and Then, Urban 0 comments tags: Jingletown, Oakland

Now And Then: Glascock Street, Jingletown

Glascock Street, Jingletown, Oakland (2002)

Glascock Street, Jingletown, Oakland (2002)

I live in the Jingletown district of Oakland, California. Nowadays it’s basically a fairly mixed neighborhood with a bunch of artists and galleries along with the inevitable techies and others. But when I moved in all those years ago, it was still semi-industrial (hell, it still is on my side of the street), and very few people actually lived here. I started taking photos of the place immediately, since it was visually interesting — lots of tin sheds, real workshops, small-scale industrial companies, etc.

Some of these are still around, but a lot of the older places have either been torn down and completely replaced, or like this place on Glascock Street, renovated in a way that seems to say “high-priced Architect”. It’s pretty typical of some of the changes around here, and in this case at least preserves some of the more interesting bits of the facade, and I kinda like the effect. But it’s also symptomatic of the fact that many of us who’ve lived here for a long time can’t afford to live here any more. But that’s Progress, right? We always get rid of the people who pioneer a place like this and make it attractive….

 

Glascock Street, Jingletown, Oakland (2008)

Glascock Street, Jingletown, Oakland (2008)

 

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Hamish Reid is a photographer and videographer living in the Jingletown district of Oakland, California. He is Hamish Reid Photography on Facebook.


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