Baby Trump

The Demon Lover

Misfit Nation

You Don't Scare Me

Happy Day of the Dead.

Parker at the Helm

Palm Quadrilateral

Produce District

Round the Bend

Saw this while sofa hunting in the East Bay with a couple of my Flickr friends last Sunday. We were very successful!

We Love You Oakland

I was in Oakland last Friday night for a photo show by some of my Flickr pals, and the cafe they were exhibiting in was across the street from the late, great Parkway Theatre. Damn shame about this place no longer being in business.

Uptown Neon

Another one from last week's photowalk in Oakland.

Eat

Seen in Oakland last Friday night.

Questionable New Customer

Shooting around Oakland last Saturday after the Paramount Theater tour. Lots of great old signage and decay and decrepitude and stuff over there. Must explore further soon.

Art Deco Abstract

I spent Saturday morning on a tour of the Paramount Theater in Oakland, an art deco palace designed by Timothy Pflueger and opened in 1931. It has been restored to its original splendor, and is a must-see for all fans of that style of architecture. You're allowed to take all the pictures you want while on the tour, which is heaven for an inveterate shutterbug like me. This is just a small sample of the intricate ceiling structure designed by Pflueger -- who also designed the Castro Theater and a number of other opulent movie palaces and office buildings in those heady days before and during the Great Depression.

The Paramount offers tours the first and third Saturdays of each month, at a very reasonable cost of $5 per person. Highly recommended to fans of art deco architecture and movie theater history.