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How Oakland Is Turning Into an Art and Maker Mecca

Posted by samzenpus on from the maker-space-with-an-oakland-duty dept.

First time accepted submitter Kevin Lee writes "The maker scene is taking off in Oakland with towering industrial art, that at times stands 70 feet high, and DIY business that made locally created goods by hand. But while this is a flourishing creative environment is popping off with new ideas, there's a battle in Oakland that could pave over this rich community with new residential housing. The Oakland Makers is a new initiative by artists and makers that hopes revitalize Oakland as a new advanced manufacturing hub and city that thrives on the making culture."

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  1. Re:"Maker" isn't a thing by Oligonicella · · Score: 3, Interesting

    To correct your view a touch: the majority of *urban* people are pure consumers. Out here in the boons, it's still the standard way of life. Everyone welds, constructs, fixes and "makes".

  2. Re:Hey, help us out here. by pspahn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In The Rebels of Oakland (a great documentary by the way) Tom Hanks has a wonderful quote about the city that I can only paraphrase:

    You can go anywhere in the world and tell someone you're from Oakland, and people will respond by saying "oh, you mean where the Raiders play"... Yes... That's exactly where Oakland is. It's where the Raiders play.

    Nobody knows about Oakland, PA in the same sense that nobody knows about Pittsburg, CA.

    --
    Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.