Chris moved some wood out and shifted the dinning set and couches over more towards where they are supposed to be
He also set up a stereo and records on a shelf which cleared the space for the dinning set and we moved the island into the kitchen.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
February 19-20: shifting furniture
Chris moved some wood out and shifted the dinning set and couches over more towards where they are supposed to beHe also set up a stereo and records on a shelf which cleared the space for the dinning set and we moved the island into the kitchen.
February 19-20th: Chris & Jules-painting
Julia, forever mudding
bedroom with submarine lamps (you can only see one here)
their loffice is up and running!
most of their space is now painted a nice sagey greenTuesday, February 15, 2011
February 15th: building history
I went to the Oakland Public Library's Oakland History room to see if I could find out more about our building. The librarian there couldn't find anything but put me through to Betty Marvin: City Planner at the Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey. Up on the 3rd floor of the building downtown where you go to pay parking tickets, is her little office...an Oakland History enthusiast's dream which includes files on any building in Oakland of potential historical importance. So I sat down and read through the file she pulled for me on 1919 Market St.
The building was built in 1923 by the same architects that had done the Castro Theater (SF 1922) and would later do the Paramount Theater (Oakland 1929) as well as the Telephone & Telegraph building which was, at the time (1924) the tallest building in SF. One of the two architects also would be the lead consultant of the Bay Bridge (1936) design team.
The building was built as a storage/maintenance space for California Transit Co which in 1929 merged with Greyhound. My understanding is this building is the first home to Greyhound Bus Lines on the west coast/ birthplace of their west-coast section (Pacific Greyhound Lines). Greyhound was there until 1955 when a plumbing contractor Scott Co bought it. Not much information about after that, as I understand it's still owned by this plumbing company, but I'm unclear.
The building was built in 1923 by the same architects that had done the Castro Theater (SF 1922) and would later do the Paramount Theater (Oakland 1929) as well as the Telephone & Telegraph building which was, at the time (1924) the tallest building in SF. One of the two architects also would be the lead consultant of the Bay Bridge (1936) design team.
The building was built as a storage/maintenance space for California Transit Co which in 1929 merged with Greyhound. My understanding is this building is the first home to Greyhound Bus Lines on the west coast/ birthplace of their west-coast section (Pacific Greyhound Lines). Greyhound was there until 1955 when a plumbing contractor Scott Co bought it. Not much information about after that, as I understand it's still owned by this plumbing company, but I'm unclear.
the file for 1919 Market st.
historical report of the building
bottom left is a photo of a bus in front of our building when it was used for bus storage and maintenance
newspaper article about big art parties that happened (and still do, there was one on Saturday night) in our buildingFebruary 14th: Pallet patrol!
Al breaking apart an abandoned pallet
Al's pallet shelves
Pallet paneling on the side of our room
This is the loft-bed space which was already built when we moved in. The drywall is very messed up (note the peeling and gaping hole) so we couldn't just paint it like we did with the rest. Solution: pallet wood shingles!February 13th: hallway organization and electricity!
Al found a big coat rack thing which is about ten feet long! We also screwed in giant bike hanging hooks for our bags
Al's brother is an electrician! He helped wire our room
The rafters are going to have string lights
then there will be a few hanging bulbs which we fitted into big mason jars
Sunday, February 13, 2011
February 11-13th: mudding and other wall finishing
Julia and Chris meticulously worked on mudding all of their walls and then waiting for said mud to set
as well as some weird meshy tape stuff and coping to, respectively, (I'm guessing here) help join the drywall evenly and keep corners from getting banged in
February 11-12: painting/final wall of windows
and the last of the windows go up!
The exterior construction is basically done! (though we've already come up with new additions we want to make)
The exterior construction is basically done! (though we've already come up with new additions we want to make)Monday, February 7, 2011
February 6th: mimosa and crepe party
Clement's last day before heading home to France...he made us a ton of crepes and we put away about 8 bottles of champagne
Johnny checks out the scene from the rafters on the cat-walk
what's more American than crepes and arm wrestling on Superbowl Sunday?
80 degrees in February, a nice day to not get much done on the place!February 4-6th: Finishing the big wall-O-windows
our only "real wall" has the drywall hung!
Chris helped Al get this last window in, it was a tight squeeze and one of the window panes broke in the process but we got a new piece cut and Al put it in so it worked out okay
First wall of windows is complete!
View from the loft bedTuesday, February 1, 2011
January 28-30th: Hangin out
our makeshift living room complete with fake fireplace heater courtesy of my parents!
Chris and Julia making dinner
some flippy wrestling game Chris probably made up
post-bananagrams "who ever spells the longest word wins"
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