Jingletown

Jingle Town is a part of Fruitvale, a neighborhood of Oakland in California. The area is adjacent to the Oakland Estuary.

History

The name Jingle Town comes originally from a habit of workers, mostly men Portuguese and azorischer descent, who settled here between 1910 and 1920 and jingled the coins of a weekly wage in the pocket ( to jingle ) to provide either their wealth to flaunt or also contributed the money with them because they did not know the banking or did not trust. In 1998, the area was home to an award-winning, affordable construction project, which helped to revitalize the community. 2003 began a " boom ", with several local business owners hundreds of condos, stores and houses were built on the beach of Estuary. The area still remained a workers 'and artists' community, whose inhabitants live in converted storage and work. Jingle Town is also home to the Institute of Mosaic Art, and numerous buildings have mosaics on the facade.

Others

2005, the album American Idiot belonging Video of U.S. punk band Green Day was published, which plays in Jingle Town. It's about a young punk who made ​​this " turd ", as the text says, wants away into the city, there to begin a new life. In the video, the circumstances of his life are shown in detail. There is a 6:30 minute long version with music and a 12-minute version with dialogue and action.