Dennis Evanosky Archive
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Dennis Evanosky
Alameda began its existence on today’s East End, and the domestic architecture therein reflects its birth. East End architectural styles range from the earliest in...
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Dennis Evanosky
August’s history walking tours with Dennis Evanosky will cover Alameda’s East End Architecture from the 19th and 20th centuries. The beginning of the 20th century brought change...
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Dennis Evanosky
The Southern Pacific Railroad’s East Bay Electric lines, which riders dubbed “the Big Reds,” began running in Alameda in 1911, five long years after the...
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Dennis Evanosky
The 1906 Earthquake led to Southern Pacific Railroad’s Big Red trains. The Southern Pacific Railroad’s (SP) Big Red trains were born out of catastrophe that...
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Dennis Evanosky
This week, Alameda Post Editor and award-winning historian Dennis Evanosky will take you not only on an imaginary electric streetcar ride through Alameda into Oakland,...
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Dennis Evanosky
Walter Blair built the Broadway & Piedmont Horsecar Line in 1875, the same year the Alameda, Oakland & Piedmont Railway began carrying passengers through Alameda...
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Dennis Evanosky
In the summer of 1869, the Oakland and Encinal Turnpike & Ferry Company began carrying passengers on a small ferry from the foot of Franklin...
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Dennis Evanosky
Learn how Utah Construction created South Shore, a whole new part of Alameda, in the 1950s. In July 1955, a large vessel appeared in the...
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Dennis Evanosky
Saturday's walking tour will cover Alameda's lost baths and Neptune Beach. You might have heard of Neptune Beach, but did you know ten other baths...
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Dennis Evanosky
Walking tour will also feature 19th century baths. March 31, 1917, dawned a sunny, but frosty day in Alameda. Robert C. Strehlow and his partners...
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Dennis Evanosky
It took from 1874 until 1902 to turn Alameda from a peninsula into an island. On Sept. 15, 1902, Alameda began a three-day celebration to...
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Dennis Evanosky
On Saturday, June 11, take a walk with award-winning historian and Alameda Post editor Dennis Evanosky along the Oakland Estuary. We’ll cross Park Street Bridge...
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Dennis Evanosky
Members of the Fourth Force Reconnaissance Company of the United States Marine Corps opened this year's Memorial Day Ceremony at Veterans Park in Alameda with...
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Dennis Evanosky
A curse, a failed land grab, and a murder played roles in bringing the transcontinental railroad West. On Sept. 6, 1869, a train with Leland...
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Dennis Evanosky
City once owned railroad that served Del Monte, Alaska Packers, Pennzoil In 1918, the City of Alameda invested some of the profits from its Municipal...
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Dennis Evanosky
Election season is upon us. Although the date set for the primary is Tuesday, June 7, eligible registered voters in California are now receiving their...