# @kqed on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw-Zvk8Mf3D
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8547880-kqed-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8f1486838d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-09-09T14:51:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** KQED (@KQED) — https://gondola.cc/KQED

## Caption

Today, Lake Merritt is known as the Crown Jewel of Oakland, but it used to be called by a different name: the Lake of 1,000 Smells. To figure how to make it a swimming lake, it'd be good to know how it became un-swimmable in the first place.

Head to the 🔗 link in bio for the full #BayCurious story.

✍️: Jessica Placzek
📹: Adam Grossberg + @myroncaringal

## Stats

- **Views:** 665,431
- **Likes:** 18,156
- **Shares:** 2,238
- **Comments:** 205

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KQED | @KQED | https://gondola.cc/KQED | Media Company |
| Myron Caringal | @myroncari | https://gondola.cc/myroncari | Creator |
| Myron Caringal | @myroncari | https://gondola.cc/myroncari | Journalist |

## Tags

baycurious, greenscreen, repackaged

## Matching Posts

- @kqedofficial on TikTok — https://gondola.cc/posts/9233202-kqedofficial-tiktok

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