wings
TWA building by Eero Saarinen, JFK, New York
Oakland Central Station (Beaux Arts–style train station)
1870: A small wooden building at 16th and Wood streets serves as Oakland’s first Southern Pacific rail station.
1911-1912: Southern Pacific finances a new Beaux Arts–style station to replace the wooden building.
1943: Oakland produces 35 percent of the entire Pacific Coast output of World War II cargo ships.
1958-1989: Station serves as end point for many transcontinental rail journeys.
1989: Loma Prieta earthquake (6.9 on the Richter scale) seriously damages 16th Street Station, which subsequently closes.
Oakland Central Station (Beaux Arts–style train station)
1870: A small wooden building at 16th and Wood streets serves as Oakland’s first Southern Pacific rail station.
1911-1912: Southern Pacific finances a new Beaux Arts–style station to replace the wooden building.
1943: Oakland produces 35 percent of the entire Pacific Coast output of World War II cargo ships.
1958-1989: Station serves as end point for many transcontinental rail journeys.
1989: Loma Prieta earthquake (6.9 on the Richter scale) seriously damages 16th Street Station, which subsequently closes.
The Unbearable Lightness of a Red Winking Car
Mural on 3rd and Clementina, San Francisco
(Moscone Center Parking Garage)
