I have lived in Hayward, Ca for most of my life. I was "Made In Hayward" as I went from K through my B.A. in the city. Hayward says it is the "Heart of the Bay" (some old-timers call it the liver) as it is in the middle if you were driving from San Jose to San Francisco. It was a working-class town when I was growing up. It thinks that it more upscale now as it is attracting more and more "techies" but it still has the gritty feel to it:
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| Old City Hall |
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| The current City Hall |
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| The Fire Department Downtown. |
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| Downtown Post Office |
Hayward's Downtown is always changing the as old business's leave and new ones come in:
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| B St-The main drag of downtown |
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| The Green Shutter Hotel Building-home of many businesses and one of the oldest buildings in the city |
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| One of the many antique stores in town |
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| Outside of another store |
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| One of the hipper stores downtown |
Buffalo Bill's is a brewery (above) and a restaurant. They are famous for beer brewed below:
And there some other downtown touches:
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| The Portuguese Park |
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| Newman Park |
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| The Children's Memorial Statue. It is dedicated to all the children who have lost their lives to violence |
And murals that are sprouting up:
Hope you enjoyed a small look at the downtown area of the place I have called home for most of my life.
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Looks nice and quaint there it reminded me of the places you used to see on Murder She Wrote (still repeated here) heheh!
ReplyDeleteHave a tanfastic week and thanks for the tour :-)
LOL-They have cleaned up downtown big time in the last couple of years. Go right behind the new City Hall at the BART station and Hayward becomes a little seedy.
DeleteThanks for sharing! I wonder what the story is behind Portuguese Park.
ReplyDeleteIt was joint effort between Hayward and its sister city in Portugal to make a park that you typically see in Portugal.
DeleteI should have explained it.
Amazing frotages! Thanks for sharing these quirky photos =) #ww
ReplyDeleteSorry what I mean is **amazing frontages**
ReplyDeleteNo problem.
DeleteThank You for coming by.
Wonderful murals. I don't know much about Hayward. I lived in SF and along the coast for 15 years. All I know from Hayward is that it was a stop along BART. Thanks for making it more interesting for me.
ReplyDeleteThe less you know the better-LOL.
DeleteThey have really changed a lot in the last couple of years.
I enjoyed the tour around town and I didn't even have to leave my home in East Tennessee. :D Happy #WW!
ReplyDeleteGood, that is what I try to.
DeleteI love those murals! I love the small town feel of the places you shared.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteThe murals are new.
Hayward is about 150,000 people. It is spread out.
colorful & historic town.
ReplyDeleteFaythe @ GMT~
Don't know about that.
DeleteThat is better than seedy and sketchy as it was back in the day.
Your city looks lovely! The coolest thing in my town is the Steampunk Treehouse at Dogfish Head Brewery. :D
ReplyDeleteLove the Treehouse.
DeleteIt is an interesting place.
Thanks.
beautiful photographs,I like the architecture of the old city hall...
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you.
DeleteThe old City Hal is great.
Truly I did enjoy it. I love antiques what a great store to have right there. The murals are fantastic. Thanks for sharing, and stopping by. Hope you make it a habit :) HUGS
ReplyDeleteThanks, there are a bunch more on B. St.
Deletelooks like a really nice town. I like the murals - thanks for sharing - Happy WW :)
ReplyDeleteIt is a decent town. Can be interesting at times.
DeleteYou are welcome.
I love old towns.... I live in a very old town. The buildings are just so interesting and full of character and everything has a deep sense of history. New and modern buildings can be beautiful of course too, but they don't have the same stories to whisper just yet. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the old buildings also. They are so cool.
DeleteThat is a gorgeous town!!! Wish my town looked like that!
ReplyDeleteThanks, the city leaders would love to hear that.
DeleteSuch a pretty town! Love the statue!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteThe statue is brand new.
Such a quaint looking town! Thanks for sharing with us!
ReplyDeleteYou are you welcome.
DeleteIt is a pretty nice place to live.
That looks like so much fun! I would love it if you would share a picture on my Photo Friday Blog Party!
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Nice. Now, how about a story about a tour of Mission Blvd, say, from Sycamore on down to Tennyson or Industrial?
ReplyDeleteThat might be a good idea in the future. Thanks. I will take a look at that stretch.
DeleteYou live in a beautiful town! Gorgeous photos#FTAF
ReplyDeleteThanks. It is a nice city of 180,000-lol.
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