c.1943 photo
courtesy Chris Treadway
The Examiner Building was built in 1891 as the home of the Oakland Examiner newspaper, 2 the Oakland branch of William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner. Later it was home to the Hotel Pix and the Pix bar and restaurant.
The address was originally 916 Broadway; that became 830 Broadway after the 1912 renumbering. In 1959, Simon Hardware took over and remodeled the building as part of a major expansion. 3
from 1896 Illustrated Directory
1955 - dpoa6.011 1
Links and References
- Downtown Property Owners Association Collection Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library
- The "Examiner" Building Oakland Tribune May 5, 1891
- Simons to Open Its Big New Store Oakland Tribune October 18, 1959
