Mid-Century Monster
Mid-Century Monster is a work of art in Alameda, California. Mid-Century Monster is situated nearby to the playground Aesop’s Playhouse, as well as near Old West Junction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Children’s Fairyland and Snow Park.
Children’s Fairyland
Theme park
Photo: Wordworking, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Children's Fairyland, U.S.A. is an amusement park, located in Oakland, California, on the shores of Lake Merritt. It was one of the earliest "themed" amusement parks in the United States. Children’s Fairyland is situated 640 feet north of Mid-Century Monster.
Camron-Stanford House
Museum
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Camron-Stanford House is the last of the 19th-century Victorian mansions that once surrounded Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. It was the home to a series of influential families, and in 1907, became the city's first museum. Camron-Stanford House is situated 2,100 feet south of Mid-Century Monster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakeside Apartments District and Adams Point.
Lakeside Apartments District
Neighborhood
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lakeside Apartments District neighborhood, also known as The Gold Coast, and simply as The Lakeside, is one of Oakland's historic residential neighborhoods between the Downtown district and Lake Merritt.
Adams Point
Neighborhood
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Adams Point is a neighborhood of Oakland, California. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Merritt, directly adjacent to Downtown Oakland and the Grand Lake district.
Civic Center
Neighborhood
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Oakland's Civic Center neighborhood is a residential and public building district on the east side of Oakland's Central Business District. Its borders are roughly Downtown and Harrison Street to the west, the East Lake Neighborhood and Lakeshore Avenue to the east, the Lakeside Apartments District and 14th Street to the North, and Chinatown and 11th Street to the South.
Mid-Century Monster
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.80702° or 37° 48′ 25″ northLongitude
-122.26061° or 122° 15′ 38″ westInception
1952Open location code
849VRP4Q+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2391070503OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aesop’s Playhouse and Old West Junction.
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