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Re: Oakland 16th St. Station Open Day
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 07-27-2011 - 12:01
smitty195 Wrote:
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> 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?
The street address of the building was 1707 Wood Street. As others have mentioned, it was demolished a number of years ago, but the foundation (and thus the outline of the building) is still plainly visible from Wood Street, just to the right of the parking lot in front of the depot.
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> 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?
The street address of the building was 1707 Wood Street. As others have mentioned, it was demolished a number of years ago, but the foundation (and thus the outline of the building) is still plainly visible from Wood Street, just to the right of the parking lot in front of the depot.
