

Courtney and Ashley's father is fellow Piedmont resident and ex-NFL star Bubba Paris. Courtney, is the starting Center for the USA women's basketball team. Another notable star athlete raised in Piedmont is Courtney Paris and her sister Ashley Paris, who are each currently attending University of Oklahoma, where Courtney has already broken the scoring record in her Freshman year with 22 points. UCLA Quarterback, Drew Olson also grew up in Piedmont and played for their high school football team. Piedmont is home to ex-Major League Baseball player Dave McCarty, ex-National Football League star Bill Romanowski, Raider owner Al Davis, ex-49er player Bubba Paris, and Green Day member Billie Joe Armstrong. The papers filed with the State of California to incorporate the new city used a map from the Piedmont Sanitary Sewer District. Residents originally sought incorporation in 1907 to avoid annexation by Oakland. Piedmont is entirely surrounded by the city of Oakland, California. Wannabees, and they have an arts school (Millennium) that is open to any kid in theīay Area who is accepted (once unheard of) but it's still bizarre and nouveau Today, it's mostly Democrats and rich kids, many of whom are hip hop

If a black person walked up the street during theħ0's in Piedmont proper, then everyone started watering their lawns and peeking out of the curtains. Renters and transplants feel it's Piedmont but anyone who grew up in the city proper knows that it's a very separate reality. Mediterranean' peoples." Piedmont was no different.That vibe was in effect up until the mid-90's, in reference to Piedmont being created as an white supremacy enclave. Was created to keep out the "Jewish, Asian, Black, and 'southern Story of a City, Beth Bagwell) and it says the entire area of Rockridge Their is an Oakland history book (Oakland, the Were coming to school in floor length minks.

Itself and represent a time when they enforced a dress code at PHS because gals The huge houses near my Alma mater of Beach School are in Piedmont or Glen Alpine and check out these mega Chateaus that sit in ostentatious silence directly acrossįrom puny little 60/70's mini ranch and Boogie Nights houses. Piedmont is notable for its minimal amount of commerce when compared to its statistically similar counterparts, however, since it is right in the center of the Oakland Hills there is plentiful shopping in adjacent Oakland neighborhoods such as Piedmont Avenue, Montclair, Grand Lake, and Rockridge.All of the area, especially the city of Piedmont itself, was planned out like Disneyland.For a real laugh, drive up to Sotelo Dr. Piedmont California is a highly affluent community with the average land value being markedly above the already high Bay Area real estate costs. I lived here from the day I was born until I was 14. You never forget where you come from, especially when it's like a Twilight Zone episode.
