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You're listening to Nocturne. I'm Vanessa Lowe.

Lake Shore Avenue in Oakland is the kind of street that doesn't exist that much

anymore in America. If not endangered, it should at least be on the threatened list.

It's a gritty street, and by that I mean it's not clean or well-ordered, and not designed in one

fell swoop by a developer, with matching windows, hardware, and light fixtures on the storefronts.

The donut shop is wedged between a tiny produce market and a blow-dry bar.

There's Ix Shoe Repair and a family dentist across the street.

The Arning for Colonial Donuts is brown with tan letters, spelling out the name,

in what I would describe as a historical font. The windows are large with glowing screens at

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