Jack London Tree (Oakland)
Street corner / walking tour in Oakland, California. Part of Oakland.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Do Nothing — Reader’s Companion | Jenny Odell | setting | Odell joins Liam O’Donoghue’s walking tour of downtown Oakland, starting beside the Jack London Tree. |
How to Do Nothing — Jenny Odell (2019)
Source: How to Do Nothing — Reader’s Companion · How to Do Nothing · Readwise highlight
On the corner of Broadway and Thirteenth, Liam took a moment to read a statement by T. L. Simons, who created the art for the “Long Lost Oakland” map.
- Role: setting
- In the book: Odell joins Liam O’Donoghue’s walking tour of downtown Oakland, starting beside the Jack London Tree. At this corner the statement by the map’s illustrator is read, about the obliteration of Ohlone burial sites, streetcars and marshland.
- Why it matters: It anchors the conclusion’s opening in a lived act of remembering a place’s lost history, which leads into the Angel of History and Manifest Destiny discussion.