Like you could see in my topic “what do you think of this plan” i’m making a new layout inspired by Oakland and Jack London Square. My question now is: what sort of trees are standing on Embarcadero West, there not palm trees.
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Daag, Marctje! The tree from which Oakland gets its name is the Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia). There is a particular example of this tree in Frank Ogawa Plaza London that is called the Jack London Oak. Note that this is not Jack London Square which is on the waterfront. Pictures are found on the internet. It is about as far from being a palm as it can be! Check there to see if this is what you have in mind. The other tree common to historic Oakland is the Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis). These two trees would be mostly indistinguishable at any model railroading scale. I am not sure what kind of tree occurs along Embarcadero West and bordering Jack London Square. Perhaps someone more familiar with the city knows.
Attuvian1 John
Being from Belgium the OP wouldn’t know Casey Stengel and his wisdom; “No one goes there anymore, it’s too crowded”
For different reasons, no one goes there anymore.
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The truth seems to be that the quote’s originator is unknown, but most sports fans seem to assign it to Yogi Berra.
[#offtopic] Ah, Yogi Berra. As I recall he ordered a pizza while on the road. When asked if he would like it cut into either eight or twelve pieces he is supposed to have replied, “Eight, please. I couldn’t eat twelve.”
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Rodger That!
Got to 11 on Taco Tuesday a few weeks ago John. Woulda made it to Twelve, but we ran out of Ortega medium, and the slivered onions were getting a bit slim on the platter too[:^)]…[:|]
TF
San Fancisco and Oakland are both quite famous for the variety of trees in the cities. There are actually “tree tours” that can be had.
I would suggest you check out the website www.sftrees.com for some good information.
-Kevin
In the early years of his Yankees baseball career, Yogi Berra returned home each winter to work as a waiter in a popular St. Louis restaurant. Years later, he supposedly was asked by an interviewer if he’d gone to the restaurant recently, and he said “no, no one goes there anymore because it’s too crowded”.
Here are the types of trees in the Bay Area. We might visit similar next year on a family vaca.