Oak Street is a secondary commercial street with the majority of it lying in the western portion of Olde Town East while the east portion in Franklin Park has a smaller stretch. Basically, Oak is residential, but has commercial buildings clustered around some intersections. The commercial parts are lagging well behind the revitalization of homes and for the most part remain unchanged and dilapidated. Fortunately, there are a couple of bright spots where entrepreneurs are investing in Oak St. Hopefully more change is on the way, but with the likelihood of ODOT's construction on the highway to the west that may well slow or even halt revitalization since accessibility is going to be hindered for eastbound traffic coming from Downtown combined with the demolition of part of the neighboring revitalized business district on Parsons. We're going to start on the rougher east end and head west.
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Taleem or "[size=1.45em]تعليم[/size]" (twist your vocal chords on the "a") means "education". The Arabic above says, "In the name of (
the) God, the merciful, the benevolent".
The old streetcar...uhh, penn, depository? Sorry, I forget what it's called and I had a few so that might not be helping.
Here's where some condos are supposed to be built, but the developer's latest blog entry is from
May 2008.
Hmm. This cute little thing, whatever it is, is right next door.
Now the residential properties are picking up.
Can't 'cha read!!! It's members ONLY, 21 and up!
Yet another grass lot where a commercial building once stood. At least it's being used as a junk yard than nothing, right?
I was going to grab a bite here, but it seemed like they were closed.
Oh, dear.
well, at least they're o_ _n _ days a wee_.
What
is this!? Justify yourself!!! Oh well, it's vacant anyway.
These two are worlds apart, yet adjacent.
No takers. Really? There could be so much done here.
Yay! This house is getting some TLC.
No, it's not my camera, that is the color scheme.
It would appear that this is a gallery. Too bad the art is hidden from the public eye, it could be the best art you never saw.
My fave.
Lucky for me, there's a new pizza shop and they have Rhode Island style pizza, which is apparently sauce and olive oil baked and then finished with a generous helping of Parmesan.
Now someone go across the street and fix this:
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