Hey Doc

I read about this cathedral in an architecture website. It is located in Oakland, CA. Right in my "neighborhood" ;) Since I don't have anything planned for today, I packed up my cameras and headed over there. It has been awhile since I rode the BART train. There is a $1 charge for parking now which is still cheap for a whole day parking. My destination today is 19th St./Oakland on Fremont/Richmond train. The cathedral is few blocks away from the station. It is adjacent to Lake Merritt. I asked the person at the front door if I can go inside for a look and possible taking photos. He told me to remove my hat and go right in. This has become a must to find out if photography is allowed in all places if I don't see a sign says "no".
The architect of this cathedral is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It was completed in 2008. It has a wood/glass skin on a concrete base. Except for evening, the cathedral is lite by the daylight.



The image of Jesus is made with holes on metal or some sort. It said that the image is 58 feet high, over 94,000 holes to render the image. The interior is all wood. I have to apologize for the poor quality of the photos, I can't use my SLR camera because of the loud noise from the shutter so I used my point and shot camera with ISO cranked up for the low light. I actually could have turned down one stop on the ISO which will get a cleaner image. That gave me an excuse to go there again.






(Small chapel)