McDonald's demolition 2012 2

Description:
Demolition of McDonald's restaurant (looking southeast), 4514 Telegraph Avenue, Temescal district, Oakland, Calif. In the background is an AT&T facility, originally built, in 1908, by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph (upgraded in 1924) and housing the Olympic Exchange (according to the 1951 Sanborn Insurance Map).

Date of Document:
15-Mar-12

Document Author:
Jeff Norman

Geographic Location:
4514 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Calif.

Context:
"McDonald's was built in 1971. Before then, that space was a shopping center with a produce market, a grocery store and several smaller shops including a diner called, if memory serves me, The Spot. The shopping center was L-shaped, with the short leg of the L [where the produce store was] situated adjacent to Hooper's Chocolates and perpendicular to Telegraph and the long leg against the fence of what was then called Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. The grocery store was connected to the produce market and ran along a portion of the long leg of the L. A parking lot filled the remaining space." [Harry Yaglijian note]