Public Radio Reporting Class

Ilana Murphy: Fruitvale

In Oakland’s primarily latino Fruitvale District, a new development has been touted as a national model of new urbanist success. Led by the Unity Council, a neighborhood-based non profit, the Fruitvale Transit Village opened in August of 2004. A year and a half later, how is the reality measuring up to the vision? Is it really possible to create community out of principles, pink stucco and palm trees? Ilana Murphy went to find out…

Ilana Murphy: Fruitvale