Redondo Cavour c1967

Description:
Intersection of Redondo Avenue and Cavour Street (looking south) Temescal district, Oakland, Calif. Temescal Creek, marked by the trees, flows behind the one-story white house.

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Date of Document:
Circa 1967

Document Author:
Unknown

Geographic Location:
Redondo Avenue and Cavour Street, Oakland, Calif.

Context:
Flowing down from the Oakland hills through the flatland communities of Rockridge, Temescal, and Emeryville to San Francisco Bay, Temescal Creek forms one of the largest watersheds in Oakland. Three main tributaries feed the creek: Harwood Creek in Claremont Canyon; the Thornhill branch running from the Montclair district; and Tunnel Branch roughly following Highway 24 west of the Caldecott Tunnel. Today, virtually the entire creek, from Lake Temescal to the bay, is confined to an underground culvert. A four-block stretch, From Clarke Street to Hardy Street, was designated a linear park circa 1975 when this portion of the creek was culverted. Beginning in about 2000, local residents organized an effort to improve the park (now known at the Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt), which included upgrades to the children s playgrounds at either end of the park. In many places, the upper reaches of Temescal Creek s tributaries and smaller branches are still visible, although their banks and creek beds often have been altered.