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June l8th City Council
Meeting Rescheduled
Public comments will not be heard on the landmarking of
the Claremont Hotel. Discussion of Planning Commission
Recommendation has caused “confusion” to the
Commission's Chair. Planning Commission to vote on their
vote at an upcoming June 19th meeting
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June l9th Planning Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Hearing Room #l
#l Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (City Hall)
Oakland, CA
Jerry Brown puts mark on landmark
The latest article on the landmarking of the Claremont. By
Chip Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle
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Berkeley/Oakland Neighbors of the Claremont (BONC) was formed in
the Spring of 2000 when residents near the Claremont Hotel learned
of possible major expansions by the new owners of the hotel, KSL
Corporation. Expansion included one 86 unit building in front of
the present hotel, a three story garage and 75 condominium/timeshare
units along Claremont Avenue. Out of this concern grew the awareness
that the Claremont Hotel had never been designated an official city
“landmark.” Although not an official landmark, the hotel
is surely, in that word’s ordinary sense, a superb landmark.
It has been a familiar, beloved and highly significant feature of
the communities surrounding it since its opening in 1915.
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