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Re: Oakland 16th St. Station Open Day
Author: smitty195
Date: 07-27-2011 - 06:52
Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> Like Dr. Zarkoff, I was there the whole
> time--before and after the earthquake. The only
> trailer used at 16th Street was the one brought in
> by the newsstand concessionaire, and it was placed
> under the former IER overhead. The former Western
> Division headquarters may have been a 1950s
> glass-and-steel box, but it certainly wasn't
> "portable."
If I knew how to attach a picture, I'd mark it on Google Maps where the trailer was located. But if can picture standing in the front parking lot and you are facing the main front doors, you would walk to your right and go beyond the main building. Once you are beyond the main building, walk inward towards the platform a little bit, then turn right again. The trailers would have been on your right.
Let me ask you this: After the earthquake when the building was condemned, but before the Jack London station was built, where did Amtrak passengers go to wait for their train in Oakland? Where did they buy their tickets in Oakland, and where did the Amtrak ticket agents work in Oakland?
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> Like Dr. Zarkoff, I was there the whole
> time--before and after the earthquake. The only
> trailer used at 16th Street was the one brought in
> by the newsstand concessionaire, and it was placed
> under the former IER overhead. The former Western
> Division headquarters may have been a 1950s
> glass-and-steel box, but it certainly wasn't
> "portable."
If I knew how to attach a picture, I'd mark it on Google Maps where the trailer was located. But if can picture standing in the front parking lot and you are facing the main front doors, you would walk to your right and go beyond the main building. Once you are beyond the main building, walk inward towards the platform a little bit, then turn right again. The trailers would have been on your right.
Let me ask you this: After the earthquake when the building was condemned, but before the Jack London station was built, where did Amtrak passengers go to wait for their train in Oakland? Where did they buy their tickets in Oakland, and where did the Amtrak ticket agents work in Oakland?
