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Alameda Post - a collage of posters and photos for local events this week in Alameda

All Around Alameda – Memorial Day and More

May 22, 2025

Alameda Post - a collage of posters and photos for local events this week in Alameda

All Around Alameda – Movin’ and Groovin’

May 15, 2025

Alameda Post - a collage of posters for events this week in Alameda

All Around Alameda – Saturday Shenanigans

April 17, 2025

Alameda Post - a beautiful Gold Coast home at 1417 San Antionio

Join Us for a Jaunt through the Gold Coast

March 6, 2025

All Around Alameda – Grab a Seat, Take a Walk

March 6, 2025

Alameda Post - a map of a portion of the Gold Coast in Alameda with annotations for original street openings and boundaries

Gold Coast is a Microcosm of Early Alameda History

September 5, 2024

Alameda Post - a tug boat moves Utah Construction's dredge through the water of the San Fransisco Bay. Old black and white photo.

Utah Construction’s Impact on Alameda – Part 1

April 10, 2024

Alameda Post - a black and white photo of an old hardware store and a horse and carriage outside

Webster Street in the Nineteenth Century

March 5, 2024

Alameda Post - Eli Sheldon Glover teamed up with the Oakland Enquirer to publish Oakland: The Illustrated Directory in 1896. Despite the title, Glover included two sketches depicting the east and west sides of Park Street between Santa Clara and Central avenues. Glover added information beneath the sketches for “featured” businesses willing to pay him a fee. Glover was famous in his day for his bird's-eye view maps published as lithographs.

Railroads, Streetcars Shaped Park Street in the 19th Century

February 7, 2024

Alameda Post - a black and white photo of what is now Chochenyo Park. Landscaping, trees, and benches decorate the scene.

Park Avenue: From Exclusive Neighborhood to Public Park

October 30, 2023

Alameda Post - an early aeroplane flies over a crowd

There Goes the Neighborhood

September 15, 2023

Alameda Post - A.A. Cohen's Fernside Estate, photographed by Eadweard Muybridge

A.A. Cohen’s Fernside Estate

July 28, 2023

Alameda Post - a map of the West End of Alameda

Reading the West End

June 8, 2023

Alameda Post - Dennis Evanosky, who will lead the Alameda Walks tours, holds up a map on a tour and speaks in his portable headset microphone

ARPD’s ‘Alameda Walks’ Are Back

May 25, 2023

Alameda Post - another photo housing now populating the island

Building Out Bay Farm Island

May 2, 2023

Alameda Post - a black and white photo of a group of women, and old large house, and a tree

The Gold Coast’s Caroline Street

February 17, 2023

Alameda Post - an old map of the central part of the island of Alameda, cutting off the north and south

Teutonia Park and Homestead Walking Tour

February 7, 2023

Alameda Post - an old photograph of a large house

Longfellow Park History

September 22, 2022

Alameda Post - The Magill-Waymire mansion

McKinley Park and Environs

September 14, 2022

Alameda Post - a sepia photo of the Ratto family

Bay Farm Island History

September 8, 2022

Alameda Post - an old drawing of the Kohlmoos Hotel

Explore History Around Alameda’s Parks

September 2, 2022

Alameda Post - USS Hornet seen from Seaplane Lagoon ramp

Upcoming Events in Alameda

August 11, 2022

Alameda Post - Dennis Evanosky leads a walking tour of the Victorian-era architectural styles of Alameda's East End

Photos From Our April 9 Walking Tour

April 14, 2022

Alameda Post - The oldest house in Alameda?

Alameda’s Architectural Treasure Chest – Don’t Call them ‘Victorians’!

April 1, 2022