Hidden in the Oakland Hills Is An Outdoor Gallery of Murals

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hike near Leona Heights in Oakland, and you might come across vibrant graffiti art painted on the concrete remnants of an old conveyor tram that transported rock down the hill. This week on the show, reporter Katherine Monahan reveals the history of this place, and talks to artists who have transformed it into an art gallery hidden in the woods. Additional Reading: Read the transcript for this episode Web story: Hidden in the Oakland Hills Is An Outdoor Gallery of Murals Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Katherine Monahan. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Alex Gonzalez, Dan Brekke, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	The East Bay Hills above Berkeley and Oakland are crisscrossed with beautiful hiking trails.
0:09.0	Darryl Lavin, today's question-asker, loves to explore them.
0:14.2	My cousin lives right over in that area right near Leona Lodge,
0:18.0	and so I go over there and hike with her all the time.
0:20.9	One day they try to trail he'd never been on before.
0:24.4	Halfway up, they came upon something unexpected.
0:28.6	It looks like it was some sort of a very significant structure many, many years ago.
0:35.0	And it looks like there had to be some sort of a cabling system there
0:38.8	to haul stuff up and down the hill.
0:41.1	Darryl figured his cousin would know what these ruins were, but she had no idea.
0:46.0	And they're all covered in graffiti and the graffiti, the artwork is beautiful.
0:49.9	And I can't help but wonder what's the history of this what what was there and what was it used for
0:56.7	Darryl's question won a Bay curious voting round so today we're hiking up to these ruins near
1:02.0	Leona Canyon Regional Park to learn what was there more than 100 years ago.
1:07.0	And we'll find out a bit more about that beautiful artwork that Darrell described.
1:12.0	I'm Olivia Alan Price.
1:13.3	Stay with us.
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1:27.0	and taste how trailblazing runs in the family.
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