Kite Aerial Photography by Cris Benton http://kap.ced.berkeley.edu/kaptoc.html

While at PlaceWorks, John Hykes collaborated with artists Valerie Otani and Fernanda D’Agostino, through the Oakland Cultural Affairs Commission, to develop a unique concept for this gateway site, located at the western terminus of 66th Avenue along the Oakland Estuary. The gateway design provides a respite from the Interstate 880 highway corridor immediately to the east, focusing visitors instead on the site’s unique waterfront setting, taking inspiration from migratory bird patterns, tidal fluctuations, and views of Arrowhead Marsh. The design incorporates fluid, rolling shapes, a boardwalk connecting to the existing Bay Trail segment and a public plaza.

Construction of the gateway project was completed in the Spring of 2008.

Art stones and steel structure by Artists Valerie Otani and Fernanda D’Agostino