The majority of the freeway was completed in and For many years, however, construction of the section of the freeway between I and I was held up by a lawsuit, and the final connection to the Nimitz Freeway did not open until March 6, Construction of the Grove Shafter Freeway required the demolition of numerous established residential and commercial blocks.
The excellent book Temescal Legacies by Jeff Norman has a lot of interesting history about the construction of the freeway and residents' political efforts in response to its planned construction. In , a group of residents suggested that I, which is the portion of the Grove Shafter freeway between the I and I, should be removed.
This appears to be a small group of right-on planning gurus, with a small chance of succeeding. Meanwhile, back in Oakland, the decades-long local debate over whether I should stay or go continued to rage. If, indeed, the demolition becomes a reality, Oakland should invite Brown, its former mayor, to the concrete-busting ceremonies.
His presence would close the circle. We want to hear from you. Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote? Vestibulum eget ullamcorper orci. Suspendisse potenti. Proin rutrum magna ac gravida scelerisque. Nunc eu sodales nisi. Curabitur ligula quam, maximus commodo sodales ut, pretium eget ipsum. Proin lobortis, nibh vel fringilla dictum, ipsum tortor cursus ex, facilisis cursus sapien sem at sem. Mauris in risus ac massa congue volutpat sit amet at metus.
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