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Birth of the Bungalow at Mastick Park in Alameda
 
Birth of the Bungalow at Mastick Park in Alameda

Birth of the Bungalow in Alameda will be the topic for the Woody Walk at Mastick Park on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 1:00 pm.  Woody Minor, local historian and native Alamedan, will lead a walk through the area called Mastick Park, which was Alameda’s oldest 20th century subdivision.  Woody’s walk is sponsored by the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society.  Walkers will meet at West Marine Parking Lot on the corner of Buena Vista Avenue and Constitution Way in Alameda.



Woody will talk about the emergence of the bungalow and the development of Mastick Park. The area of Mastick Park was nine block from Pacific Avenue east to Constitution Way in the areas of Eighth and Ninth Street. The development, consisted of nearly 200 lots was quickly bought out by people leaving San Francisco after the 1906 quake.  Mastick Park was the birthplace of the bungalow in Alameda.
Woody will take walkers by many examples of bungalows which are described by Woody as, “A Craftsman cottage, a small gabled-roofed house with a rustic appearance conveyed by natural material and a low to the ground profile with shingles, clinker ... more

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