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Re: Oakland 16th St. Station Open Day
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 07-27-2011 - 12:09
smitty195 Wrote:
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> What you are describing is pretty much what I
> remember, including the interior layout. I could
> have sworn those were portable buildings, but
> apparently my memory is not correct. Is it
> possible that they put on a new brown exterior to
> spruce it up? For some reason, I can still clearly
> see the front of that building and until now, I
> would have sworn it was a trailer. The first time
> I would have used it would probably have been in
> late 1989/early 1990, and I went back several
> times after that.
The building was a dull silver color because it had metal siding - what some refer to as a "Butler building" - which was a very common type of SP building built in the Fifties and Sixties. Never painted. It had windows on all four sides. There was some landscaping (a mix of old plants and weeds) on the south and east sides. The snack bar trailer that was moved in under the old IER structure had brown wood siding, however.
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> What you are describing is pretty much what I
> remember, including the interior layout. I could
> have sworn those were portable buildings, but
> apparently my memory is not correct. Is it
> possible that they put on a new brown exterior to
> spruce it up? For some reason, I can still clearly
> see the front of that building and until now, I
> would have sworn it was a trailer. The first time
> I would have used it would probably have been in
> late 1989/early 1990, and I went back several
> times after that.
The building was a dull silver color because it had metal siding - what some refer to as a "Butler building" - which was a very common type of SP building built in the Fifties and Sixties. Never painted. It had windows on all four sides. There was some landscaping (a mix of old plants and weeds) on the south and east sides. The snack bar trailer that was moved in under the old IER structure had brown wood siding, however.
