Legacy Home Tour History – Curious about our home tours? Watch a one hour video about Alameda Legacy Home Tour history, starting from the first one in 1973, presented by architectural history buff Denise Brady.
Tiki Bar Virtual Tour – May 23, 2021 Online Tour of Brian McDonald’s Tiki Bar, behind his restored vintage house.
When the Alameda City Hall was seismically retrofitted and renovated in 1997, adequate footings were provided to allow the restoration of the clock tower that was originally on the building. A non-profit organization, ARTT, was formed to raise funds for the tower restoration, and they invited the renowned former architecture critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, Allan Temko, to give a speech at a fundraising dinner in 1999. Below is a link to the transcription. It was eventually decided to be infeasible to restore the tower, but the footings are still there.