12-29-2012, 02:22 PM
Oakland has, or has had, a lot of old-style industrial buildings. You might try poking around starting with <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=oakland+fruitvale+map&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x808f86f44021e1f1:0x99ad2681b744ed7c,Fruitvale,+Oakland,+CA&gl=us&ei=JlDfUP-ZNoX5igKZuYDABQ&ved=0CDMQ8gEwAA">https://maps.google.com/maps?q=oakland+ ... CDMQ8gEwAA</a><!-- m -->
But for that matter, the warehouse district east of downtown Los Angeles also had (and to some extent still has) its share of brick style buildings. Robert Smaus published a lot about his models of this area in MR before he moved to Washington State, but has been rebuilding that layout recently, too. The SP still had some service to this area in the 1980s. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bobsgardenpath.com/trains_cityview.html">http://www.bobsgardenpath.com/trains_cityview.html</a><!-- m -->
EDIT: but come to think of it, there were plenty of places in Texas, as well as New Orleans, that also had that style of building.
But for that matter, the warehouse district east of downtown Los Angeles also had (and to some extent still has) its share of brick style buildings. Robert Smaus published a lot about his models of this area in MR before he moved to Washington State, but has been rebuilding that layout recently, too. The SP still had some service to this area in the 1980s. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bobsgardenpath.com/trains_cityview.html">http://www.bobsgardenpath.com/trains_cityview.html</a><!-- m -->
EDIT: but come to think of it, there were plenty of places in Texas, as well as New Orleans, that also had that style of building.