Category: Pleasant Valley Ave& Broadway neighborhood

Thank You, Broadway Pet Hospital, for coming to the aid of an injured bird!

On By Joe JohnstonIn Broadway Pet Hospital, Pleasant Valley Ave& Broadway neighborhoodLeave a comment
A technician at Broadway Pet Hospital helps a neighbor who walked in with an injured bird on 4/22/2022.
The staff at Broadway Pet Hospital freed this bird from a thread that that the bird had tightly knotted around its leg in its frantic efforts to free itself. It took a lot of skill, care and just the right cutting tool to remove that knot without injuring the bird.
That knot was so tight it must have been very painful and constricted blood circulation to his foot. Before the knot was removed, by the tech at Broadway Pet Hospital, the bird had been lying on its back & was breathing very heavily. After the painful restriction was removed, it sat upright.

Home Depot has submitted a Pre-Application to Oakland’s Planning Department to build a 101,822 sq ft store at 5100 Broadway

On By Joe JohnstonIn Home Depot 5100 Broadway Proposal, Pleasant Valley Ave& Broadway neighborhood3 Comments
Home Depot’s illustration of their proposed store at 5100 Broadway

The pre-application docs are available here:
https://aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/Cap/CapHome.aspx?module=Planning&TabName=Planning

In the “Planning Number” box below “General Search” enter ZW2200516 and press Enter. Then click on the “Record Info” tab that’s located below “Record Status: Pending,” slide down and click on “Attachments.”

The docs of primary interest in that list of Attachments are the Pre-App Set and the Project Description. Just click on their names to download and view them.

Don’t click on this, it’s a screenshot of a webpage.
This is a list of 4 of the 5 attachments available on the Oakland Planning Department’s website.

For your convenience, below is a pdf of the Home Depot Pre-Application Project Description

hd-oakland-project-description-2020.11.16-1Download

Soil samples taken at the Shops at the Ridge Phase 2 vacant lot in February 2022.

On By Joe JohnstonIn Pleasant Valley Ave& Broadway neighborhood, Shops at the Ridge Phase 21 Comment

Hi Rockridge Manor Neighbors,

Stuart of RCPC (Rockridge Community Planning Council) talked to TRC (the management company for the shopping center) and learned that the state (or maybe the county) is concerned about carcinogenic substances left by the dry cleaners that used to be there.  The drilling is to determine the location of the material that will need to be removed. It is not directly related to any construction that might take place.
He said TRC claims they are very interested in housing, but the price demanded by the owner to build housing is prohibitive.  TRC encouraged a zoning change for mixed use that would allow housing and commercial uses.  He raised the blight issue and TRC said they would improve the lot.  Stuart will arrange for a meeting with RCPC representatives, possibly the whole board, with TRC to encourage housing.  He also noted that the site had been suggested as a good place for housing and would probably be so identified in the update to the Housing Element that is underway. TRC also needs to seriously improve the lot, particularly if they really don’t build anything.

  There are two efforts: to encourage housing and to get rid of the blight and UBA is pursuing both.

On February 16,2022 a crew from Gregg Co took samples of the soil below the parking lot.
On February 23,2022 a crew from Moore Twining Co took samples of the soil beneath the parking lot.

Petition to improve the appearance of the vacant lot at Pleasant Valley Ave & Broadway

On By Joe JohnstonIn Pleasant Valley Ave& Broadway neighborhood, Shops at the Ridge Phase 2Leave a comment

https://www.change.org/NoUglyLot51Broadway

This is the 2nd petition (last one was in 2020). Because not much was done to improve the appearance of this vacant lot, this petition is being distributed to keep up the pressure on the shopping center’s management company and the city of Oakland.

One of SITELAB’s maps of the Rockridge District

On By Joe JohnstonIn Califorina College of the Arts Oakland Campus, College Ave, Pleasant Valley Ave& Broadway neighborhoodLeave a comment

SITELAB and Mithun have been hired by Emerald Fund and Equity Community Builders, the developers of the now-closed Oakland campus of the California College of the Arts.

SITELAB’s description of their work: “SITELAB urban studio is a San Francisco-based design firm focused on using research and visualization to create great places, through big plans and small interventions.”

Mithun’s description of their work: “We believe in design’s vital capacity to connect people to place and each other, through intentional and memorable experiences. OUR WORK. We aim to advance design knowledge and its application through dedicated research and development efforts.”