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	Proposal for a new cathedral Oakland, California By Domiane Forte
	Its warm color and traditional Spanish mission style features provide a stark contrast to the dreary urban landscape of Oakland.

A proposed design for the new cathedral in Oakland, by California architect Domiane Forte, produced as a graduate student of architecture at Notre Dame University:


View of front entrance (left) and section through plaza level (right)
Upon returning to her childhood home of Oakland, California, Gertrude Stein noted that "there is no there, there." While this may have been true of the Oakland of 1934, more and more towns and cities...

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