Talk:Lakeside Apartments District, Oakland, California/Archive 1

Since when is this a neighborhood?
I've never heard of it, having lived in Oakland for decades. This neighborhood is either referred to as "downtown" or "Lake Merritt." There are no references on the web that don't trace back to this article. Apparently the user who created this entry (and invented the neighborhood!) has disappeared. Lagringa 14:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC) + 	/Archives 2006-20007 - 		 - 	It is frustrating that people are using these pages to promote their real estate developments and/or neighborhood associations. I have changed the language to reflect the fact that this is just a tiny area that the vast majority of Oaklanders have never heard of. If someone wants to defend the idea that this is a "neighborhood" I would like to be enlightened. Lagringa 10:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC) - 		 - 	Laringa, this is a neighborhood, come here and look around and study your history. - 	Also, I think you, Laringa, are a developer who wants to minimize the significance of the neighborhood so you can put up your crappy towers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.104.90.191 (talk • contribs). - 		 -
 * How about addressing the question instead of engaging in personal attacks? Lagringa 21:04, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

- 		 - 	Ok "Lagringa," you got questions, I got answers: if you go down to the Oakland main library and chat up a reference librarian, she or he can point you in the proper diection on this. During a City of Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey in the early 80's, five blocks of this neighborhood to include 27 buildings, were designated to be a part of the historic "Lakeside Apartments District." You can find further documentation on this in the links contained in this article. -
 * Furthermore.......LaGringa....I might add that most of these are rent-controlled apartments built well before 1983. Aren't most of them therefore worth saving for that reason alone so that working class folks, single mothers, veterans, and seniors can have an affordable place to live near mass transit and the healthful beauty of Lake Merritt? Or are you just a black-hearted capitalist who would like to see the fine print of the Redevelopment Act used to displace long time Oaklanders with private emminent domain and other leagalized forms of plutocratic tyranny? The Coup De Jour is a DeLaFuente/Desley Brooks condo conversion to kick an old woman out of her apartment. Do you really want that? --- "I've never heard of it..." -- "Just a tiny area that the vast majority of Oaklanders have never heard of." -- "if someone wants to defend the idea that this is a neighborhood..." Well I hope I've brought some sense of enlightenment to your appreciation of the possibility of our system protecting people's basic needs through law. Think about the reprocussions of your implications before you write about them. -"Unsigned...because ideas should speak for themselves."

History of the district
...I believe it would be informative to include some information about the history of the district, if there are any history buffs out there, please chime in.Critical Chris (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Crime and disorder problems
Also some information on the district's significant crime and disorder history would be relevant.Critical Chris (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * DLIKIUSKI, thank you for your coverage of this angle, which helps to make the article more dimensional.Critical Chris (talk) 07:51, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Demographic makeup of the neighborhood
This would be interesting and educational to read about. Anyone care to share any data?Critical Chris (talk) 11:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Agustus or August Schilling?
I have found a lot of references to August Schilling, the spice magnate. We know he was born in Germany; naturally, his birth name could have been more Germanic than the Anglicized August, a variant of Augustus (Caesar). What source states the spelling of his name as Agustus? I can't find it. And why would we want to use Schilling's birth name spelling when his fame came while he was known as August Schilling? Binksternet (talk) 05:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I believe you are right and I will try to make the necessary corrections, thanks for bringing it to my attention.Critical Chris (talk) 17:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Islamic small-1.jpg
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 * I've asserted that this is a historic photograph from several years ago of a vantage point that no longer exists, there is now a building where that parking lot sits.Critical Chris (talk) 08:10, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * A lot of times the BetacommandBot just wants to see a statement regarding which article(s) is using the image. I've added such a statement. Binksternet (talk) 08:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you Blinksternet.Critical Chris (talk) 21:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Trojan Tower
Dlikuski, thanks for your recent edit and update of current changes to the project.Critical Chris (talk) 15:48, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've continued editing updates into this section of the article.Critical Chris (talk) 16:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review Request Lakeside Apartments District, Oakland, California
I'm humbly asking for your considered opinion with my peer review request for the Lakeside Apartments District, Oakland, California page. I've listed this article for peer review because, at present the City of Oakland's Planning Commission and City Council is revising zoning and height regulations for new land development (i.e. skyscrapers) in the neighborhood. Currently, much public attention is focused on this neighborhood in the Hearing Rooms at City Hall down the street, around in the conference tables of local investment banks, and kitchen tables of local activists. Having spent many hours editing it, I'd hope this article reflects a modicum of accuracy and good encyclopedic writing.Critical Chris (talk) 20:39, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Other editors wanted!
Dlikuski, thanks for your recent edits here. I see your name is in red, and perhaps you are a new editor to Wikipedia. Welcome, if so, and I wanted to convey my thanks to you for adding sourced material to this article yesterday. If you can't tell, this article is in desperate need of the knowledge, sources, and contributions of OTHER editors besides me. While this article has been a bit of a project of mine, please don't let my edit history here give the wrong impression that I somehow own this article...In a nutshell, it's fair game for bold edits.Critical Chris (talk) 18:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks to all recent editors for continuing to help to clean-up and improve this article.Critical Chris (talk) 01:07, 22 September 2008 (UTC)