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What an evening! Sherry Hu, East Bay Bureau Chief of KPIX Channel 5 News, was the Master of Ceremony at the Celebration and Dedication of the Rotunda Building, held on September 7th. This benefit for OHA, had almost 400 people in attendance, and photographs of the event appeared on the front pages of the Oakland Tribune and Montclarion newspapers. Who spoke? Mayor Jerry Brown, Former Mayor Elihu Harris, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, President of the City Council, Ignacio de la Fuentes, Vice Mayor Jane Brunner, Councilmember Dick Spees, Councilmember Henry Chang, Councilmember Moses L. Mayne, Jr., Councilmember Danny Wan, and Architectural Historian Don Choi. Who received the awards? Len Epstein, Mark Moss, and Phil Tagami for the Rotunda Partners, Alan Dreyfuss A.I.A., Consulting Historic Architect, Architectural Dimensions, KPa Consulting Engineers, Pankow Special Projects, L.P., all received and accepted Preservation Awards from OHA for Historic Preservation. Who donated goods, services and/or financial assistance? A Cote Restaurant
Who were the OHA volunteers? Summer Bei, Jamie Cross, Nicole Jones, Joshua Long, Geraldine McTigue, Bill Moys, Vivian Perry, Glen Robinson, Ellen Seltzer and Randi Wood. We want to thank each and everyone one of you for making this such an incredible evening. Thank you all! For those of you who were unable to attend the event, you can always visit the building during normal business hours at 300 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, located diagonally across the plaza from City Hall.
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