In spring of 2014 Eduardo Pineda's ENGAGE: Mural Arts class completed a three year project which created murals for the barrier fence surrounding the 601 City Center construction site in downtown Oakland (bounded by 11th and 12th Streets, Jefferson and Martin Luther King Jr. Streets) for Shorenstein Properties LLC. This was part of ENGAGE@CCA, a community-engagement program of CCA’s Center for Art and Public Life. In this third and final year, the class responded to historical research produced by the California State University East Bay (CSUEB) History Department’s Public History class, under the direction of Linda Ivey, Department Chair. In Fall 2013, Public History students researched the neighborhood surrounding the construction site called Old Oakland. The research materials, that included research papers and historical photographs, were given to the mural class. Inspired by landmark cultural institutions, performing arts traditions, and community and professional leaders, the mural designs highlight…