Oakland Underfoot

524 7th Street

I haven’t been able to figure out what to call this shape; for a long time I thought of it as a “block oval,” but someone suggested “barrel.” That works if you picture a wine barrel, which is stored on its side, rather than the historical ideas of a pickle barrel, a cash-on-the-barrelhead barrel or a barrel-worn-by-a-broke-guy, which is upright. Works for me.

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