26.5.2024ff, ♣ Oakland, incl. Middle Harbor Shoreline Park

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Harbor_Shoreline_Park: located on San Francisco Bay and the Port of Oakland entrance channel, west of downtown Oakland … owned and operated by the Port of Oakland … The park is primarily on land that was the former site of the Oakland Naval Supply Depot (1940−1998), which was an important supply base for the Pacific Fleet of the U. S. Navy throughout World War II. The … Depot closed in 1998 … The Chappell R. Hayes Memorial Observation Tower, named to honor the West Oakland leader, offers … views of the Oakland Estuary and the Port’s shipping activities.

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• Lake Merritt,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Merritt: … named after Samuel Merritt, Oakland’s mayor in 1867–1869, who had the lagoon dammed turning the tidal lagoon into a salt water lake … surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods … historically significant as the United States’ first official wildlife refuge, designated in 1870
• Chrysalis, 3837-3845 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609 – former workplace of a family member in the 1980s, www.horizonservices.org/chrysalis/: … a home-like living environment, clinically managed treatment program tailored to meet the needs of women ages 18+ living with mental health and substance use disorders who are residents of Alameda County.