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(415) 441 3004 Open noon 3pm Sat & Wed, 11am 4pm Sun Adm *Grace Cathedral Executed in the medieval French Gothic style, echoing in particular Notre Dame in Paris, yet accomplished using steel- reinforced concrete. It is the third largest Episcopal church in the US (see pp24 5).
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Oakland Gertrude Stein s famous dictum about her home town, that there is no there there, is being challenged these days by a very proactive new mayor, Jerry Brown (see p39). Oakland s image, notorious for racial unrest and crime in the past, is being cleaned up to present a more visitor-friendly face, and there has been an influx of creative types who have moved here to flee the high rents of San Francisco. Oakland poachers beijing s attractions include huge Lake Merritt, which offers a range of recreational possibilities, a beautiful poachers beijing Mormon temple and its Museum of Cali fornia (see p126). d BART 12th St
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