The exquisite Theater known as the Fox in Uptown Oakland...

...Opened the doors in 1928, And originally intended to be named "The Bagdad" because of its Middle Eastern style architecture, the theater instead displayed the name "The Oakland" on the vertical marquee, with the word "Oakland" forming the main portion of the vertical blade sign above the marquee. The Fox was also known as the "West Coast Oakland” back in the day...

Chrysler building in late March

...for the love of a Flatiron building in Oakland, a greytone version...First National Bank of Oakland...1907

...all for the love of a Flatiron building in Oakland, a greytone version has been created and tested for a possible larger scale print version or maybe a wall version installation in downtown Oakland...

 

http://www.spur.org/publications/article/2014-03-10/urban-field-notes-new-drawings-old-buildings

 

 

Above San Pablo and Broadway stands the premier flatiron building of the West Coast, a younger sibling of the more famous Manhattan one. Most of the stories in this building are woven into the exchange of money and finance, Wells Fargo being the most recent bank tenant. The original tenant was the First National Bank of Oakland, in this building complete with safe deposit boxes and a full basement for secure storage of valuables, furs, jewelry and paintings.

 

Built in 1907 after the great San Francisco earthquake, the building was designed by architect Llewellyn B. Dutton, who chose white granite for the lower floors and warm terra cotta tiles for the upper story enclosure, which wraps smoothly around the acute corner next to Frank Ogawa Plaza.

 

The wharf area and Empress Hotel in Victoria

The wharf area and Empress Hotel in Victoria, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Weekend at Pacific Grove, California

A painted view of the weekend scene in Pacific Grove, California...always a beautiful place to visit, foggy days or sunny days...

Green Accounting Department and biophilia credits...

A sketch view glimpse of a must-see stop on the office tour, a very green accounting department, with biophilia influences throughout...

...sketched on the ipad...

LA Public Library downtown view...

In the midst of downtown LA, you can find jewels and gems.  In this instance, a painterly view of the LA Public Library on Flower Street, designed by Goodhue and imbued with layers of symbols, quotes, and text...a magical knowledge building...