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2026-01-25 06:55 UTC
Lunch next door at Town Fare, great soul food on Oakland Museum of CA’s sunny midcentury terrace overlooking #LakeMerritt. This public park is people-centered brutalism at its best. A multilayered rooftop garden of concrete & greenery, multiple access points, and endless picturesque views. #OMCA
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@stewf@mstdn.party 2026-01-25 06:56
We walked to the Oakland Main Library which happened to be celebrating its 75th birthday with concerts and cake. The party was filled with folks of every walk of life, tapping feet to a multigenerational jazz quartet. (Yes, this man is wearing a party hat. I think he’s a library administrator.)
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@soaproot@sfba.social 2026-01-25 19:17
@stewf I love that park. And a great example of how brutalism wasn't just about the concrete, it was also about the greenery (some of the most hated brutalism examples were cases where there were landscaping plans which were never implemented, giving people a misleading picture of what had been intended).