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Chair, Planning Commission An Interview By Andrea Gabriel

In the July issue of the Rockridge News, Andrea Gabriel examined the origins of the Rockridge Community Planning Council dating back to 1970 when cooperation between RCPC, College Avenue merchants and the Oakland City Planning Department resulted in new land use policies for Rockridge as well a...

By Andrea Gabriel

by Andrea Gabriel he Rockridge community Planning

Elmer Bischoff grew up. (Bischoff’s brother, John A. Bischoff, Jr., was featured in the April 1987 issue of The Rockridge News as part of an oral history compiled by Andrea Gabriel.) Between projects, the staff of the Diebenkorn Foundation might be found around Rockridge, lunching at Wood Tavern or taking their dogs over to Barclay’s Pub. Richard Grant, whose wife Gretchen is the daughter of the artist, also sees som...

By RCPC Library Committee

...rban areas but not to stifle individuality. Every so often, a resident or a developer will propose a project that is upsetting in scope or design to other residents. In her interview with Planning Commission Chair Doug Jones in this issue, Andrea Gabriel uses a fictitious barn on Chabot Road to illustrate the process a project goes through at the Planning Commission level. But what do you do if your neighbor wants to build a barn in his backyard and you DON’T want chickens serenading you w...

Recollections of John A. Bischoff, Jr. Oral History recorded by Andrea Gabriel

Committee members Mary Biagini, Teddy Elston, Annette Floystrup, Andrea Gabriel, Don Kinkead, Liz Maxwell, Diane Ravnik, Ethel Ruymaker, Meg Trahey, and Mike Wilson met regularly to plan schedules, select events, contact merchants, and collect and clean garage sale merchandise. Many others helped along the way and at ...

I currently reside in Rockridge and wish to remain in the area. I am a responsible, non- smoking professional woman. Please call: Andrea Gabriel 486-3984 (9-5) or 658-7904 (Eves. & Wk-ends)