Comments on: The 9th Avenue palms http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-9th-avenue-palms/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Sat, 18 May 2013 23:16:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Naomi Schiff http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-9th-avenue-palms/#comment-2421 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:45:44 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-2421 Oakland Heritage Alliance often sponsors a summer walking tour around that part of town which includes the palms and various other structures and remnants of Smith’s activities. The amazing Phil Bellman knows a lot about this history, and also has led some great tours of Smith-connected sites in Nevada at the borax mines. Smith was the 20-mule-team Borax entrepreneur, and also a progenitor of the Key System transit lines.

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-9th-avenue-palms/#comment-2347 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:41:09 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-2347 Smith also had a property on Long Island. His log fishing lodge out on Taylor’s Island is preserved there today; see taylorsisland.org.

]]> By: Darby http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-9th-avenue-palms/#comment-110 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:45:33 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-110 The row of Palms referred to in this blog marked a roadway into the Borax Smith estate called Arbor Villa.

]]> By: David http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-9th-avenue-palms/#comment-67 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:07:14 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-67 You can see them from the far side of Lake Merritt, near the children’s science center or whatever it is. You have to know where to look, and you can only see the tops of the palms, but if you hunt, you can find them.

I live a couple blocks away from that row of palms, so I can see them from my windows. I always wondered how they ended up there. Great blog, by the way!

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-9th-avenue-palms/#comment-57 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:12:42 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-57 They’re also visible from the BART train as you ride west from the Rockridge station.

]]> By: Felix http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-9th-avenue-palms/#comment-51 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:38:21 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-51 I’ve always loved those palms and always wondered about their origin. I hope you’ll post about them again if you turn up an answer.

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