alameda homes: Victorians in Alameda - Stick-Eastlake style
- 10/28/12 09:46 PM
Victorian in Alameda Stick-Eastlake Style The striking thing about the Stick-Eastlake Style of Victorian is its angular appearance. There is a pleasing symmetry to the homes. There are straight lines, right angles and stick like applied ornaments adorning Stick homes. The slanted bay windows of the Italianate style are replaced with rectangular box bay windows sometimes topped with fake gables. Compared to the Italianate structures, Stick-Eastlake homes felt almost modern.
The Stick houses were built in the 1880’s and were characterized by a large, ornamental truss under the gable eaves of a house, and square bays, flat … (3 comments)
ALAMEDA NEIGHBORHOODS - THE FERNSIDE A. A. Cohen a railroad baron built his home in Alameda in an area he called "Fernside" in the 1870's Cohen made millions selling his San Francisco, Alameda & Hayward Railroad to the Big Four railroad barons (Hopkins, Stanford, Crocker and Huntington). His home cost $300,000 a huge amount for the time. In the "Ultimate Victorians", Elinor Richey described the Cohen's home as, "the most splendid of all Italian villas in the East Bay."
The beautiful home was destroyed by a fire in 1987. The … (9 comments)
ALAMEDA WALKS - BAY FARM LAGOON ALAMEDA WALKS - BAY FARM LAGOON The Alameda Recreation and Parks Department sponsors ALAMEDA WALKS a program started in 2003. According to Patrick Russi, Recreation Supervisor, the goal of Alameda Walks was to get people out of their homes on Saturday mornings for a little exercise and a chance to learn a little about the city of Alameda.
Alameda Walks - Bay Farm Lagoon walk group will meet at the Harbor Bay Community Center on September 10 at 9am. Patrick Russi will be the leader.
ALAMEDA PARKS - LEYDECKER PARK Leydecker Park is only the second park named for a woman. Littlejohn Park, named for Electra Littlejohn, a leader in the African American community in Alameda was the first. Leydecker Park was named for Geraldine Leydecker a long time employee of the Recreation and Parks Department.
It is the oldest of three parks in the Harbor Bay Isle section of Bay Farm Island. The park is located next to a busy shopping center. The Recreation Center is adjacent to the Bay Farm Island Library. … (8 comments)
ALAMEDA WALKS TOURS LEONARDVILLES HOMES IN ALAMEDA Alameda Walks a program sponsored by the Alameda Recreation and Park Department toured the area of Alameda known as Leonardville. It was so named because the renowned Victorian architect Joseph A. Leonard built about 48 Victorian homes in this area of Alameda during the late 1800s.
JOSEPH A. LEONARD'S QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN HOME ON UNION STREET
The Leonardville community was built up around the Chestnut Station train stop at Encinal Avenue. Leonard designed the peaked roof and shingled train shelter in … (1 comments)
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY A 3 BEDROOM HOME IN ALAMEDA The supply and demand for 3 bedroom houses in Alameda is down in both categories for the two year period from August 2009 to August 2011. In 2009 there were 42 three bedroom homes for sales. In 2011 there were only 33 three bedroom homes for sale. That is a decrease in supply of 21%.
In August 2009 there were 8 three bedroom homes sold and in August 2011 there were only 5 three bedroom … (7 comments)
ALAMEDA WALKS - LEONARDVILLE The Alameda Recreation and Parks Department sponsors ALAMEDA WALKS a program started in 2003. According to Patrick Russi, Recreation Supervisor, the goal of Alameda Walks was to get people out of their homes on Saturday mornings for a little exercise and a chance to learn a little about the city of Alameda.
Alameda Walks - Leonardville/Old South Shore/Meyer's House Walk will meet at the main entrance of the Alameda Hospital on Saturday, September 3 at 9 am.
In the 1890s Joseph Leonard an architect, builder and businessman … (0 comments)
ALAMEDA WALKS - BAY FARM ISLAND THE UPLANDS Alameda Walks - Bay Farm Island The Uplands took place on Saturday, June 18th. it was a beautiful day for a discovery walk. Our leaders Dennis Evanosky and Eric Kos were ready to open our eye to a new way of looking at the history of an area Alamedans have ignored. Dennis and Eric walked us through a section of Alameda's Bay Farm Island once called the "Uplands".
Dennis Evanosky and Eric Kos
Alameda Walks - Bay Farm Island The Uplands … (4 comments)
ALAMEDA WALKS - THE GOLD COAST The Alameda Recreation and Parks Department sponsors ALAMEDA WALKS a program started in 2003. According to Patrick Russi, Recreation Supervisor, the goal was to get people out of their homes on Saturday mornings for a little exercise and a chance to learn a little about the city of Alameda.
Patrick's previous walks have included St. Josephs/Notre Dame and surrounding areas, Jackson Park and the Cohen Estate, Lincoln Park and East Bay Regional Park District Tidewater Aquatic Center and the Farmer's Market and the Sand Castle … (4 comments)
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