Comments on: The hunt for Rockridge Rock

By: rob

rob — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:33:23 +0000

well i happened to meet the artist who painted the mural one day. he told me that he found the image in the california museum’s archives. here it is in their online collection:

http://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8q2nf6ww/?brand=oac4

can’t see too many rocks… oh well.

By: 52walks

52walks — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:42:10 +0000

[...] information: About the hunt for the original “Rock Ridge” and the Margarido boulder from the Oakland Geology blog. A four-mile walk that starts at [...]

By: OUP Walk: Rockridge Ramble « Oakland Urban Paths

OUP Walk: Rockridge Ramble « Oakland Urban Paths — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:51:28 +0000

[...] At the top of the Locarno Path on Apline, I was told by one of our walkers that were indeed near the fabled Rockridge Rock. The exact location of said rock has been a topic of discussion on Andrew Alden’s blog. [...]

By: rob

rob — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:51:18 +0000

one thing i noticed the other day is that there’s an enormous mural on the side of the red oaks realty office (51st and broadway) that faces the parking lot of broadway pet hospital. it appears to be a scene looking up the hill, possibly from the area where college and broadway meet. the stone gates at rockridge blvd. are visible, as are the claremont hotel, a few wooden houses and the creek that runs through the country club. mostly though, the hill is just a hill. i wonder if there is a photograph that this was adapted from, and if the rock is visible in that photograph.

By: artisancrafts

artisancrafts — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:50:52 +0000

After reviewing the sites on google earth using the timeline feature, I was able to survey upper Rockridge from aerial photos from 1993. That area was ravished by the great fire and almost every geological anomaly was exposed.
I think that the hill above the stairway at 6160 Acacia Ave is the best location for the “Rock”.
Trolley and other public conveyances went up both Broadway and Broadway Terrace if I’m not mistaken, and one must never forget that people were far hardier when it came to hiking then.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=37.84421,-122.24014&z=18&t=h

By: rob

rob — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:09:16 +0000

i guess he could have been like these guys:

but in all fairness they claim that when establishing the neighborhood they destroyed the rock… who knows?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:35:56 +0000

Thanks for both. So much writing today relies on secondary sources that I don’t trust any of it, sad to say. For instance, Horatio Livermore may have been eccentric, but would even he have blown up an enormous landmark like Rockridge Rock? Why bother?

By: rob

rob — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:19:11 +0000

whoops, forgot to paste the other article:

http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/15/hills-covered-in-beautiful-homes/

By: rob

rob — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:18:48 +0000

i came across this today, but i’m not sure it’s a new source of information. the claim is that the rock at glenbrook and bowling is the rock but it has been destroyed by the establishment of the neighborhood.

http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/15/the-livermores-rockridges-founding-family/

but then this article goes on to claim that the rock is cactus rock… which is probably 200 meters or more from the rocks at glenbrook and bowling…

still muddled by the mists of time.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:59:18 +0000

Dan, is it this photo that was made into a book cover?

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rockridge-california-tom-wolf/1100120545