As of 8:45 p.m. tonight, the Cleveland Cascade was barely in the top half of the field, holding 12th place with 3 percent of the vote — after having been as high as seventh place — out of a field of 25 Bay Area preservation projects in the Partners in Preservation web competition.

The other Oakland project, the Oakland Fox, maintained its very strong third-place position with 8 percent of the votes.

The Fox was displaced from its earlier second-place position by Berkeley’s First Church of Christ, Scientist, which had a meteoric rise to first place, from 18th place, in less than three days, between September 22nd and 25th.

Another notable rise from obscurity was performed by the Outdoor Art Club, a 1904 rustic clubhouse in Mill Valley designed by Bernard Maybeck. The Outdoor Art Club came from last place eleven days ago to reach its current fifth-place position.

Here are the current top-12 rankings as of 8:45 p.m., October 2nd:

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist (18%)
  2. Angel Island Immigration Station (12%)
  3. Fox Oakland Theater (8%)
  4. Pigeon Point Lighthouse Station (7%)
  5. Outdoor Art Club (5%)
  6. Casa Grande (4%)
  7. Japanese YWCA Building (4%)
  8. Tilden Park Carousel (4%)
  9. Richmond Municipal Natatorium (4%)
  10. Roxie Film Center (8%)
  11. Fallon Building (San Francisco LGBT Center) (3%)
  12. Cleveland Cascade Park (3%)


Margaret Pinter voting for the Cleveland Cascade at the Piedmont Avenue Peet’s
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You can vote once per day through October 31st at the Partners in Preservation site. You can also vote at kiosks at selected Peet’s locations, including the Peet’s at 4050 Piedmont Avenue.

As many as twelve of the 25 projects will receive funding. Performance in the web competition is only one of several criteria that will be considered. However, the number-1 winner of the web competition is guaranteed funding.

For more information, read “Cleveland Cascade and Fox vie for part of $1 million in preservation grants.”