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UC BerkeleyRecent Work

TitleThe Maze

Permalinkhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/0gp5346t

AuthorRoosblad, Serginho Calvin

Publication Date2019-07-23

eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital LibraryUniversity of California

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Abstract–TheMazeTheMacArthurMaze is one themost important freeway interchanges in the state ofCalifornia. As the gateway to oneof the nation's busiest bridges, theBayBridge thatconnectsSanFranciscowiththeEastBay,itallows300,000vehicleseachdaytotravelto all four corners of the BayArea and beyond. But theMaze also cuts through fourdistinctlandscapesthateachtellastoryofseparationandconnection.SourceList:BrianStokleAlternierBakerCookGabrielCruzTrewlawnyDiosMargaretGordonCorrinaGouldAdrianPraetzellisRobertHausDanMcElhinneyJornKrollAljeandraDelPinalBonitaDyessHeikoMuhrScriptTitle Card: From a birds-eye perspective, the freeway interchange known as theMacArthur Maze on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay, cuts through fourdifferentlandscapes:Aport,ashoppingmallahistoricneighborhoodandastateparkOpeningbirdsatEmeryvillecrescentMacArthurMazeinthebackground.Imagesofcarsonthemaze.

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NARRATOR: The MacArthur Maze. An intersection of three major Californiahighways: the I580, the I880 and thenation’s second longest highway runningfromNewJerseytotheSanFranciscoBayArea:TheInterstate80.

Thiselevated,staticriverofconcreteasphaltandsteel,towerssome50 feet

abovetheground.

Also known by its original name, the Distribution Structure, this interchangeallows300.000cars,eachday,totraveltoallfourcornersoftheBayArea

This multi-level interchange, packed with hundreds of vehicles that are zig-zagging, while heading into various directions, is one of the most importantintersectionsinCalifornia.

Peopleprotestingatshoppingmall.Peopleprayingatshoppingmall

But longbeforetheMazewasbuilt,anotherman-madestructureroseaboveadifferentkindoflandscape…PROTESTER[vo]:“It’saburialground…agraveyard.Anativegraveyard”

CORRINAGOULD[vo]:“[speaksinOhlonelanguagefirst],thankyousomuchforcomingouttoday.Westandheretogether,westandonasacredsite.Thesacredsitesofmyancestors.MyancestorswererightinthisspaceThisplacewasthebiggestoneofall435shellmoundsthatonceringedtheentirebayarea.”…

PhotosanddrawingsofOhlonepeople

CORRINAGOULD[vo]:]“Shellmoundsareburialsitesofourancestorsandtheygot larger and larger as people passed away. And they just so happen to alsowork for us tohave ceremonies as they grewon top.Andon topof themwe

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wouldlightfirestosendsignals.Andsincethere’snoelectricity,imagineseeingthosefiresatnight,allalongthebay.Wewereableimpactalotofpeople.Wewereabletotradewithplaces.”

Photosofshellmoundbeingdestroyedin1920sMazewithshoppingmallinthebackground

NARRATOR: But industry and an amusement park heavily damaged the shellmound, and eventually made way for a multi-complex shopping mall, luxuryapartmentsanda16-screenmovie theater.Allof it, convenientlybuiltnext totheMacArthurMaze,whichtodaystandsalmosttwiceastallasthesacredhillwherethepeoplewhofirstcalledthisplacehome,laidtheirlovedonestorest.CORRINNAGOULD[vo]:“Peopledestroyedthis,becausetheydidn’tknowwhatit was. They give us this little tiny memorial, that’s supposed to representthousandsofyearsofmyancestors.That’snotwhat’sitabout.”

“Eventhoughtheshapeofthelandnowlooksdifferent,it’simportantforustogoback.”

“Itdoesn’tmakeit lesssacredthatnowthere’saparking loton it,orthere’samallontopofitorthere’saschoolorbarorrailroadtracksontopofit.It’sourrelationalitytothatlandandspace.”

“So,there’resongsthatneedtobesungthereandthere’reprayersthatneedtobeputdownthere.”

“ButIthinkthere’snohonoroftheOhlonepeople.There’snoideathatwestillexist.”“And that’s what’s so difficult about living in this city. When your traditionalterritoryisbuiltuponbythesecommunitiesthatcamemuchlateronandhavedestroyedthesesacredplaces.”

TheTemescalCreekflowingoutintotheSFBay

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NARRATOR: The Temescal Creek, once of the life lines of the Ohlone people,today remains a hidden waterway, covered by asphalt and cement. The I880flyover touchesdownrightontopwherethestreamof freshwater, flows intotheSanFranciscoBay.

BirdsatEmeryvilleCrescentWillets,dunlinsandmarblegodwitsareamongthethousandsofbirdsthatflewfromallovertheAmericastowinteralongtheCaliforniacoast.SomehaveoptedforthemuddyshoreoftheStateMarineReserve,nestledagainsttheMaze.Butjustacoupleoffeetbelowfromwherethebirdsstickstheirbeakintothemudliesamixture of toxic waste and landfill consisting of rubble dating back to the 1906 SanFranciscoearthquake.

Partlybuiltonthesamefillandbaymudinthe1930s,theMazehassinceplayedamajorroleintheeconomicdevelopmentofthestateofCalifornia.

TrucksontheMazePantheMazetoDowntownOaklandSkyline

It’san integral link inasystemthatenablesmasstransportationofpeopleandgoods,whichisattheheartofOakland.

B&WarchivalportofOakland

ADRIANPRAETZELLIS[vo]:“Inthe1860s,thelocationofOaklandwasrecognizedasareallygoodlocationfordeepwatervesselscominginfromtheGoldenGate,theyneedaplacetoanchor.AndthatwasthebeginningofOaklandasafreightterminus.”

PhotosCentralPacificRailroadsyards

ADRIAN PRAETZELLIS [vo]: “The next huge thing was the construction of theCentralpacificrailroad.ItterminatedinOakland.It’stheplacewheretherailwayendsandwheretheoceantrafficcomes.Youknow,theshippingcomesin.”..

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MovingimagestrainsatCentralPacificRailroadyards

ADRIAN PRAETZELLIS [vo]:” And when the Central Pacific yards came in, thebrought a huge amount on jobs. They were pretty well paid and they werepermanent. So, it becomes a hub, it becomes an attractant, it becomes amagnet.”..

FerriescrossingSanFranciscoBay

ADRIANPRAETZELLIS[vo]:“AndifyouwantedtotravelfromOakland,intheEastBay,toSanFrancisco,you’dhavetogetonaferry.SoespeciallyinthatareaoftheMacArthurMazeeverything is really focusedaround transportation.That’swhatbroughtpeoplethere.That’swhatgavepeoplegoodjobs.Transportation.

ImagesofBayBridgebeingbuilt

NARRATOR:Astheengineofthesecondindustrialrevolutionstartedpickingupsteam andOakland came of age as the transportation nexus of the AmericanWest,dreamsthatonceseemedfar-fetchedwerenowwithinarm’sreach.ARCHIVALVOICEOVER[vo]:“After80yearsofplanningandthreeyearsofactualbuilding. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is completed. The largestengineering structure ever conceived and built by man. Now for the openingceremony. The golden chain has been cut by a settling torch.Whistles shriek.Theharborfireboatstreaktheairwithribbonsofwater.Andthefirstcarsthecrosstheworld’slargestbridgecomerollingalonglikearegimentofsoldiers.”

BlueprintofDistributionstructure+photoofconstructionofDistributionstructure

NARRATOR:Andmeetwhatwasbuilt in the in the shadowsof thenewworldwonder:thedistributionstructure.Basicandfarlessgrandandimpressivethanthe bridge. But undeniably linked. And in the following eighty years, theinterchangeand its freewayswould leavea lasting impacton thecommunitiessurroundingthismodern-daycrossroads…

ArchivalphotosofWest-Oakland

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NARRATOR:Thebrightsideof thebay flourished.Andthescreechingsoundofsteelwheels coming toahalt, echoed throughoutWestOakland,as trains stilldominatedtransportation.

ArchivalphotosofBrotherhoodofSleepingCarPorters

NARRATOR: Every day, dozens of blackworkers arrived at, anddeparted fromtheseyards.

And as they unionized, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Cart Porters instilled theactivistspiritthetownwouldbecomeknownfor.

Travelling all over the United States by rail, they advertised this place calledOakland,California.Andtheblackculturalcapitalonthepacificbecameahome.

ArchivalphotosAlternierBakerCook

ALTERNIERBAKER-COOK[vo]:“Myfamilyhasbeenheresincethe1860s,andI’veneverevery forgottenwhatOaklandwasabout, I guess.And incertain sense IhavesometypeofromanticideaaboutOakland.”

“Thesewerethepeoplewhowereabletomakeaprettycomfortable livingfortheirfamilies.

ArchivalphotosofWestOakland

NARRATOR:DespitetherestrictionsandracismblackpeoplefacedintheGoldenState,thefirstgenerationawayfromslaverywasabletoenjoyandmiddleclasslifeandowntheirownpropertyinWest-Oakland.

ALTERNIER BAKER-COOK [vo]: “It was really kinda idyllic. But there was whiteflight.”

ARCHIVALVOICEOVER [vo]: “There’san internal treat. Likeacancer, it thievesupon and drains the economy and vitality of the entire city. Almost in theshadowofthecityhallcanbefoundtheendresultofthisdisease:theslum.Yes,thistooisOakland.Thetax-payersinthegoodareasofthecitypayfortheslum.City officials and department heads have worked together to assure steady

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progressandproperplanning forOakland’s rejuvenatedfuture.Topreventthespreadofdeterioration.

ImagesofmapImagesofbuildingcypressexpressway

ARCHIVALVOICEOVER[vo]:“TheCypressstreetviaductisessentiallyatwo-mile-longdouble-deckstructure,connectingthebaybridgedistributionstructureonthenorth,withtheeast-westsectionoftheeastshorefreeway.Thecompletedproject provides four lanes north bound on the lower deck. Four lanes southbound, on the upper deck.We are now arriving at the distribution structure.With appropriate [inaudible] ceremonyattendedbynotables toonumerous tomentiontheCypressstreetviaductwasopenedtotraffic.”

NARRATOR:“ThenewfreewaysthatsproutedfromtheDistributionStructureinthe1950sandwrappedtheirtentaclesaroundWest-OaklandwereBigger.WiderandHigher.

Displacing hundreds of families, businesses and cultural institutions. It crackedopenthesocialfabricofthepeoplewhomadethisstriponthesouth-eastcorneroftheMaze,home.

ALTERNIERBAKER-COOK[vo]:“Andwebecamemoreandmoreisolated.The freeway just displaced my whole life, I feel. And some people in mycommunity,theydon’tknowit,buttheyreallyhadanimpactonmakingmethewomenIamtoday.Andthey’regonenow.They’regone.Andjust littlekernelsandnuggetsandstuff,OK?”

“Incertaincircles,theysawthefreewayasaconduitforthemgettingtowheretheyneededtobe.TheycouldgettoSanFrancisco,causethat’swherethejobswere.Butnoonewantedtogettous.”

ImageofMazeandtraingoingunderstructurePandowntohomelessencampment.

ALTERNIERBAKER-COOK [vo]:“Atthesametime,dopewasbeingdroppedintoourneighborhood.”

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GABRIEL CRUZ [vo] : “I’ll never call this homebecause I don’twant this to bepermanent. That’s why I probably haven’t got a tent, because it’s likeadmitting…youfeelme?”

Imagesofdarkersideoffreeway

“It’ssometypeofshelter.Butnotaverygoodshelterbecausewhenitrainsandyou’restillunderthefreeway,you’restillgoingtogetwet.““Surprisingly,they’resteadilybuildingcondosforpeoplewhoaren’tfromhere.Theyjustcareaboutmoneyandgettingricher.So,peoplesayit’seconomics,it’snotraceanymore.It’sracetoacertainextent.“Ithinkit’snotfairforapersonwhodidn’tgrowupinaneighborhoodfloodedwithdrugs,tojudgeapersonwhodidgrowupinaneighborhoodoverranwithdrugsforbeingondrugs.”“There’sagroupofpeoplethatmoveddownheretheyturntheirnoiseupandpointingthefingertowardsus.It’snotjusthomelesspeople,it’shomelessblackpeople.”“The freeway is not a roof over my head brother. A roof over my head, I’mthinking fourwalls right up under that roof, some type of heat, some kind ofcouchandsometypeofcableTV.”

“Veryhardtohear.Veryhardtosleep…veryhardtosleep!Constantnoise.Cars.Policesirens.”

ImagesofMazeatnightfall

ALTERNIERBAKER-COOK[vo]:“TheMazeisamess.asfarasI’mconcerned.It’sanecessaryevil inthisdayandtime.Becausepeoplehavetohaveit inorderforthemtogetwherethey’regoing.”

Imagesoftrafficandmazetrafficjam

TRELAWNY DIOS [vo]: “I try not to fight the traffic, but at the same time it’slike...”

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“ugh,6.11”

“Thereyougobuddy,enjoyit…lookatthis.”

TRELAWNYDIOS[vo]:No!no…there’snothingcommunalaboutthis.Communalkinda gives this picture that we’re all in this together. I think we’re all littleindividualmodules.”

“Wedon’tinteractunlessyou’reaskingmetoletit,orI’maskingyoutobeletinoryourflippingmeofforyou’rehonkingatme”

“Fuckyou!You’renotgettingin!”

“Thisisaphysicalmanifestationoftheratrace,right?Thisiswhatitfeelslike.”

“Whatisthisguydoing?”

“We’realltheselittlebeingstryingtogettoourveryimportantlivesandtryingtonavigatethismaze.…”

“So,maybeifIwasnotnavigatingthemazeonsucharegularbasisImightseebeautyinit,butit’sveryhardtoseebeautyinit.It’slikethisfurtherdisconnect.”“AndhereIaminmySUVdrivingintothecity.”

ImagesofMaze+dronefootageofMazeFromabird’s-eyeperspective,thefreewayinterchangeknownastheMacArthurmazeseparatesfourdifferentlandscapes:aport,amall,aneighborhoodandastatepark.

NARRATOR: It standsasa testimonyof thishistoryof theeasternshoreof theSan FranciscoBay.As the gateway tooneof thebusiest bridges in theUnitedStates, themaze isakaleidoscopicmonumentof theeverydaymundane. Andeach frame, each layer representing what has been before, and what had tomove,inorderforotherstomovearound.

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The Maze: An American intersection is a 26-minute documentary film about theMacArthur freeway interchange on the east end of the San Francisco – Oakland Baybridge,knownastheMacArthurMaze.Thefilmlooksathowthestructureimpactthelivesofthosewholiveinitsvicinityandhasdonesoforover80years.

AWorkofArtThefilmopensasdaybreaksatEmeryvilleCrescent,asectionoftheMclaughlin

Eastshore StatePark, bordering the I-80 corridor from theBayBridgeToll Plaza at itssouthwestpoint.WeseethetidalmarshandoutfallfortheTemescalCreek,whichflowsstraightintotheSanFranciscoBay.Asthewaterofthebayrecede,itlaysbaregrowingpatchesofmudflatsonwhereforagingbirdssearchthroughthemuddyground,lookingfor food. Gently the sound of traffic on the freeway creeps up. Enough tomake theaudienceawareofthethatthere’ssomethingoffwiththislocation.As we continue seeing images of the flora and fauna of the crescent, a rack-focusrevealsthefreeway interchange inthebackgroundfilledwithcarsduringthemorning

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rushhour.Carsarebarelymakingany forwardprogress. The sight is in stark contrastwiththeimagesofthewildlifesanctuarythat’snestledagainstit.“TheMacArthurMaze,”, a female voice over begins. “An intersection of threemajorCaliforniahighways: the I580, the I880, and the I80.Anartificial, elevated riverbedofconcrete,asphaltandsteel,toweringoverresidentialareas,theportofOakland,amalland a wildlife sanctuary. The Maze, also known as The Distribution Structure allows250.000 carseachday to travel to all four cornersof the SanFranciscoBayAreaandbeyond.”“If you ask me, this is absolutely beautiful!” says Jorn Kroll, an architect andtransportation and safety specialist. “A multi-level freeway interchange packed withhundreds of vehicles that are gracefully changing lanes and purposefully heading invarious directions…look at it, it’s beautiful! These large infrastructures in a way cangeneratesomesenseofcommonachievementandprideforpeople,”Kroll explains how even philosophers in the last century have been fascinated byfreeways.According to them,he says, interconnecting freewaysand interchanges canhelppeoplegrasp,whatiscalled,theirtechnologicalunderstandingofbeing.HefurtherexplainshowGermanphilosopherMartinHeidegger,sawfreewaysasaunifyingfactorinour society. “Inhisphilosophy, theMazecouldevenbeconsideredaworkofart. Ibelieve Heidegger said something like: ‘freeway interchanges are like a late-moderntemple.Theyquietlyreinforceourtechnologicalunderstandingofallreality.’”From shots of the freeway lanes highup in sky above, the camerapans down to theunderworldofhomelessencampmentsundertheoverpassesoftheMaze.Voice over: “And like ancient temples of times gone by, theMaze offers shelter forthoselessfortunate…”

AToxichomeFly-on-the-wallscenesintroduceustooneoftheencampmentsthathavebeen

growing for years now.We see how various camp community members are helpingeachotheroutfixingbikesandothernecessities.Someofthepeopleherearevictimsofthe foreclosure wave that hitWest Oakland in the latest recession, while others arevictimstheopioidcrisis.All,howeverare‘neatly’tuckedawayundertheMaze.

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Through‘insitu’interviewswelearnaboutlifeundertheinterchange.Whysomechosetoliveundertheoverpassforsafetyreason,evenif itmeanstolivebetweenheapsofpigeonfecesandrodents.Membersoftheencampmentcommunityexplainhowtheirday-to-day life is dictated by the rhythm of theMaze. “Once he startsmakingmorenoise,weriseandourdaystarts,”acampcommunitymembersays.“It’s stressful, brother. You already sleep bad because of the stress of living on thestreet.Andthenyouhavetodealwiththefreeway.Theconstantnoisewehear,theairwebreatheisbadandthenyouhavepeopledumpingtheirshithere.It’sbadbrother.It’sunhealthy!”Manyofthehomelessalreadyfeelthatthey’rewiththeirbackagainstthewallandhavenootherplacetogo,butliveundertheseunderpasses.“Butatleastwehaveahome.theMazeissomesortofhome.”Arial drone footage show the traffic flowing through the Maze. From above theinterchange looks like a heart; an endless streamof cars gets sucked into theMaze’scoreandseconds laterpumpedout in throughoneof thethree lanehighwayvessels,flowingintoallfourwinddirections.OvertheimagesoftheinnerworkingsoftheMaze,thevoice-overexplainshow,inallofitsbeauty,theMazeanditssurroundingsareoneofthemostpollutedplacesintheBayArea.“Andnotjustforthehomeless.EmeryvillerankssecondinthestateofCaliforniaforchildhoodasthmahospitaladmissions,which istriggeredbypollutioncomingfromtheMazeandtheportofOakland,southoftheinterchange.”We see footage of people doing their shopping at the various malls and shoppingcenters next to the Maze as the voice over continues. “And it doesn’t stop there.Thousandsofpeopleeachdayareonlyacoupleoffeetseparatedfromtoxicsoil.”“For almost two centuries, West Oakland has been the industrial heart of NorthernCaliforniaanda transportationnexusof theWest.A crossroadsof goodsandpeople.Andthathasleftitsmarksontheland.”

ACrossroadsontheshoreMacroshotsofhistoricalmapsandengineeringplansoftheMaze,showhowthe

structurewasdesigned.“TheMazewasbuiltduringtheGreatDepression”,saysBrian

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StockleaSanFranciscobasedcartographerandurbanist. “Itwasbuilt in tandemwiththebuildingoftheSanFrancisco-OaklandBayBridgebetween1933and1936.”TheimagesofthemapscrossfadewithmovingarchivalfootageofWestOaklandfromthe1930s.Stockleexplains:“Thebuildingofthenewbridgehappenedinatimewhenthe country was devastated by the economic situation. Although the building of theprovidedsomejobs,youcouldstartseeingentireneighborhoodsturningintoslums.”“TheMazeisanintegralofasystemthatheraldedthechangeinhowgoodsandpeopleweretransportedto,fromandaroundtheBay.“If you lookat thedesignof theMaze, it doesn’t look likeother interchangeyou seemoreoften.It’snotabeautifulcloverleafinterchange.TheMacArthurfreewaythatrunsfromtheeasttothebridge,doesn’talignwiththebridge.Therefore,theMazeisalittlecrooked.”StockleexplainshowthefreewayhadtobebuilttocircumventtheSantaFerailyardthatstoodwhereaTargetsuperstorestandstoday.

OaklandEmeryvilleborder1938.MapbyThomasBrothers

“And then you had the Southern Pacific railway that went North-South along thewaterfront.Andthekeysystemthatranintothebayonamole.Allthosefreewayshadtogooverthat,that’swhytheMazelooksthewayitdoes.”

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Voiceover:“thebuildingoftheBayBridgeandtheMazesetinmotionsomethingthatwouldradicallychangethecharacterofthearea.Farmoredrivenbyautomobilesandlesssobytrainsandstreetcars.Shot of old railway and streetcar tracks in West Oakland with the Maze in thebackgroundrevealhowthebattlewaseventuallywonbycarsandelevatedroads.

AborderWe continue to see images of theMaze and its environment. First Emeryville

withpeoplegoingoutfortheirshopping.WeseetheiconicPixarAnimationstudioswiththeMaze at the endof its street. Young people on their race bikes drive around thearea. Others are sitting outside former warehouses-turned-coffee shops. The imagescreate this sense thatdespite the fact thatEmeryville sits rightnext to theMaze, thepeoplehaveacceptedtheMazebeingpartofthebuiltenvironment.

FromEmeryville,wemovetoWestOaklandandsimilarlyseepeoplegoingabouttheirever day lives. People doing their gardening, driving around on their bikes, all in thevicinityoftheMaze.WeseeanolderwomansittingonherporchonHannahStreet,twoblocksawayfromtheMaze.“Youhear that?”sheasksaswehear thegrumblingsoundof the I880and580inthebackground.“I’vebeenhearingthissoundfrom73yearsnow.FromthetimethatIwasbornuntiltoday,thatnoisehasbeenapartofme.”Ms. Juanitawhohas lived in thesamehouseasshewasborn,canstill remembertheexpansionof the interchangewhenshewasabout10yearsold.“Itwasatime, inthe1950s,whenthispartofOaklandwasdeemedaslum,”shesays.Voiceover,overhistorical footageof the1940s:“In thepreviousdecades,” thevoice-over continues, “African-Americans, notably from Southern states moved to WestOaklandleavingJimCrowlawsbehindandhopingtofindabetterfuture.Mostofthemcamebytrains.WithWestOakland,beingthelaststopintheWest.ThispartofOaklandbecamethecenteroftheAfrican-AmericancommunityinNorthernCalifornia.”“But as this community grew, so too did the need for an expansion of the freewaysystemservingthepeopleoftheEastBay.Andwithanewfreewaysystem,theMazewasexpanded”

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PaulCobb,publisheroftheOaklandPost,thelargestAfrican-AmericanweeklyNorthernCalifornia,explains thewidereffectof thenewlybuilt freeway system inOakland.Hetalks about the loss for the community and culturewith thousands of families losingtheirhomes.Ms. Juanita remembers how her friend’s house was torn down and how the newhighwaysmadethispartofOakland,shecallshome,anurbanisland,underthesmokeofheavyindustryandtheportofOakland.

ATestcase“Thebuildingof the freewaysystemwith theMazeasoneof its junctionshascausedtremendousharmtocommunitiesandespeciallyblackcommunitiesinOakland,andwetry to learn fromthatexperience,”saysUCBerkeleyUrbanDesignProfessorElizabethMacDonald.WeseeMacDonaldinfrontofherclassgivingalectureoncityandregionalplanning.Inher class, about 15 graduate students specifically look at how contemporary urbanplanningcanlearnfromitspastmistakes,usingthefreewaysysteminOaklandasatestcase.Inaninterview,MacDonaldexplainshowurbanplannersaremuchmoreawareoftheimpact of freeways and interchanges on communities. She explains how, after theCypressExpressFreewaycollapsedduringthe1989LomaPrietaearthquakeintheSanFrancisco Bay, killing 42 people, the community ofWest Oakland came together andfoughttonothavethatpartofthefreewayrebuilt.“TheMazepermanentlylostanarmandthisbecametheMandelaParkway,”shesays,asweseeimagesoftheparkwaywiththeMazeinthebackdrop.

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PhotobyCaitOppermann

AsweseeimageofthesunsettingbehindtheMaze,architectJornKrolltriestoexplainhoweven theuglinessof theconcrete,andkeeping inmind theeffects freewaysandinterchanges havehadon communities, art is never produced in the absenceof painandsuffering.AndsotoowehavetostartseeingtheMaze.