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California Hotel, the Glossary

The California Hotel is a historic Oakland, California, hotel which opened in the early days of the Great Depression and became an important cultural center for the African-American community of San Francisco's East Bay during the 1940s, 50s and 60s.^[1]

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1930 establishments in California
Hotel buildings completed in 1930
Hotels established in 1930
Music venues in the San Francisco Bay Area

Arch

An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it.

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B. B. King

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Banquet

A banquet is a formal large meal where a number of people consume food together.

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Big Mama Thornton

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter of blues and R&B.

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Brickwork

Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar.

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California State Route 123

State Route 123 (SR 123) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Clerestory

In architecture, a clerestory (also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey; from Old French cler estor) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye-level.

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Cornice

In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.

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East Bay

The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay.

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Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

Edmund Lincoln Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American actor and comedian.

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Emeryville, California

Emeryville is a city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fireplace

A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Interstate 580 (California)

Interstate 580 (I-580) is an approximately east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway in Northern California.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician.

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Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.

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Lantern

A lantern is an often portable source of lighting, typically featuring a protective enclosure for the light sourcehistorically usually a candle, a wick in oil, or a thermoluminescent mesh, and often a battery-powered light in modern timesto make it easier to carry and hang up, and make it more reliable outdoors or in drafty interiors.

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Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist.

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Lobby (room)

A lobby is a room in a building used for entry from the outside.

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Lou Rawls

Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American baritone singer.

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Marquee (structure)

A marquee is most commonly a structure placed over the entrance to a hotel, theatre, casino, train station, or similar building.

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Mayan Revival architecture

Maya Revival is a modern architectural style popular in the Americas during the 1920s and 1930s that drew inspiration from the architecture and iconography of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures.

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Mezzanine

A mezzanine (or in Italian, a mezzanino) is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft with non-sloped walls.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California.

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Oakland Tribune

The Oakland Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California, and a predecessor of the East Bay Times.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Penthouse apartment

A penthouse is an apartment or unit traditionally on the highest floor of an apartment building, condominium, hotel, or tower.

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Pylon (architecture)

A pylon is a monumental gate of an Egyptian temple (Egyptian: bxn.t in the Manuel de Codage transliteration).

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor.

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Sam Cooke

Samuel Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter.

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San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, commonly referred to as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California.

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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

The Spanish Colonial Revival style (Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water.

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Terrazzo

Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Hotel

California Hotel, the Glossary

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1930 establishments in California

Hotel buildings completed in 1930

Hotels established in 1930

Music venues in the San Francisco Bay Area

References