[sudo-discuss] Sudo Square

[Jenny Ryan]

Mark: Thanks for the info! That sounds like a beautiful public
transportation option. I was wondering what happened to Oakland streetcars
and it seems there was a recent plan and push for them:
http://www.oaklandstreetcarplan.com

JC: We are not a virtually community alone - sudo room is a physical space
located in an actual place, with history and neighbors and all the
intricacies that compose location-based culture.

I'm a huge fan of Oakland Wiki and think it's one of the most important
projects sudoers are working on right now. Attention to one's surroundings
and the dynamics of a place one is relatively new to reflects a sensibility
of understanding and attunement that is sadly neglected in this age of
community alienation and displacement (how many of us actually grew up in
this town?).

Jenny
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:24 PM, J.C. <r33lmm at gmail.com> wrote:

> This all sounds interesting and stuff, it would be helpful if you gave a
> quick context as to why I would care about this and how it relates to
> sudo'ism.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:15 PM, mark burdett <mfburdett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> the actual name is Franklin Plaza and yes it has a OaklandWiki page- we
>> batch-imported all oakland parks :) http://oaklandwiki.org/Franklin_Plaza
>>
>> by the way, if you look at old maps, there used to be Southern Pacific
>> streetcars running along Franklin St across Broadway onto 22nd street by
>> the sudoroom entrance. from sudoroom you could take an electric train (1200
>> volts DC!) all the way to SF ferry building (via the SP mole which is now
>> middle harbor shoreline park) in one direction and Alameda in the other.
>>
>> Also - apparently when the land where sudoroom stands was first
>> subdivided as "Wilcox Place" you could buy a lot for $900 gold coin..
>>
>> --mark B.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all -
>>>
>>> I wanted to ask a flash-mob like favor from folks coming to Sudo Room
>>> this evening. Over the summer, several of us created the Sudo Square page
>>> at Foursquare (
>>> https://foursquare.com/v/sudo-square/50074796e4b092cb5fe8c83d) and
>>> Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sudo-Square/351059718301717)
>>> as part of a plan to name the plaza at the intersection of Broadway, 19th,
>>> & Franklin. Can you please check-in on your way in?
>>>
>>> It's a lovely day and the Punchdown (http://www.punchdownwine.com/)
>>> already put out the outdoor table seating. I'll be hanging out there until
>>> the meeting and will remind Sudo folk I see.
>>>
>>> Given the democratization of nomenclature afforded by geo-located mobile
>>> computing, I thought it most appropriate to have some kind of coordinated
>>> crowd in-checking initiative. There are some pictures, but it's a
>>> placeholder so far. So far as we know (& the Oakland Wiki folks could
>>> correct us), the square does not yet have a name.
>>>
>>> So not just today - but anytime - when you're passing by 22nd & Broadway
>>> and you're itching to check in on Facebook or Foursquare, or Yelp, or
>>> however it is you go about telling the world instantaneously where you are
>>> - please check in at Sudo Square - often and tell your friends about it
>>> too. I am also now trying to compile a list of the existing sites &
>>> services use for geo-located check-in fun - so let me know if you know of
>>> others.
>>>
>>> Perhaps during one of the upcoming Art Murmurs - we can have an official
>>> check-in dedication ceremony - we can invite the mayor.
>>>
>>>
>>>  sent from eddan.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
>
> --
> ThanX,
> ;+)
>
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