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• Author/Creator:Schwarzer, Mitchell, author.
  
• Title:Hella Town : Oakland's History of Development and Disruption / Mitchell Schwarzer.
  
• ISBN:9780520381131
  
• Publication:Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
  
• Copyright notice date: ©2021
  
• Physical Description:1 online resource (424 p.)
  
• Links:Online book
  

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• Notes:In English.
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• Summary:Hella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland's built environment. Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger and more glamorous twin, Oakland has a fascinating history of its own. From serving as a major transportation hub to forging a dynamic manufacturing sector, by the mid-twentieth century Oakland had become the urban center of the East Bay. Hella Town focuses on how political deals, economic schemes, and technological innovations fueled this emergence but also seeded the city's postwar struggles. Toward the turn of the millennium, as immigration from Latin America and East Asia increased, Oakland became one of the most diverse cities in the country. The city still grapples with the consequences of uneven class- and race-based development-amid-disruption. How do past decisions about where to locate highways or public transit, urban renewal districts or civic venues, parks or shopping centers, influence how Oaklanders live today? A history of Oakland's buildings and landscapes, its booms and its busts, provides insight into its current conditions: an influx of new residents and businesses, skyrocketing housing costs, and a lingering chasm between the haves and have-nots.
  
• Variant and related titles:De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2021.
  
• Other formats:print
  
• Format:Book
• Contents:Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Streetcar Stratification -- 2. Industrial Powerhouse -- Part II -- 3. Space for Automobiles -- 4. The Politics of Parks -- 5. Major League Venue -- Part III -- 6. The Promise and the Reality of Freeways and BART -- 7. In the Wake of Deindustrialization -- 8. Housing Injustice -- 9. Downtown Renewal and Ruin -- 10. Shopping Centers and Storefront Streets -- Coda -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Select Bibliography of Books about Oakland -- Index
  
• Subjects:City planning--Political aspects--California--Oakland.
  City planning--Social aspects--California--Oakland.
  Bay Area Rapid Transit.
  alameda.
  bart.
  berkeley.
  built environment.
  california geography.
  city development.
  east bay.
  freeways.
  great migration.
  infrastructure.
  lake merritt.
  oakland urban history.
  public housing.
  redlining.
  suburbanization.
  urban renewal.