North America’s
50th Cohousing Community is preserved in the 1917
Swan's Market building in historic Old Oakland
neighborhood.
Stick-built homes within brick and steel shell of public
market building.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Part
of an award-winning innovative mixed-used
historic-preservation project, restoring an abandoned old
market building with affordable rental apartments, a
Cohousing community, retail, restaurants, professional
offices, and the Museum of Children’s Art.
Building restored with original glazed brick/ceramic tile
exterior preserved and steel beams exposed.
7/29/08
Our site is presently being updated.
7/29/08
One of the homes is presently available for sale or rent.