Lake Merritt Plaza
The Lake Merritt Plaza is a high-rise located in downtown Oakland, California, United States. It has 27 stories and stands at 371 ft tall. The building, developed by Transpacific Development Co, is designed by architect Bill Valentine.Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in California, United States
- Also known as: “Lake Merritt Plaza Building”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Snow Park and Paramount Theatre.
Paramount Theatre
Theater building
The Paramount Theatre is a 3,040-seat Art Deco concert hall located at 2025 Broadway in Downtown Oakland. When it was built in 1931, it was the largest multi-purpose theater on the West Coast, seating 3,476. Paramount Theatre is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Lake Merritt Plaza.
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 1,500 feet east of Lake Merritt Plaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uptown Oakland and Lakeside Apartments District.
Uptown Oakland
Neighborhood
Photo: ArielGlenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uptown Oakland is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, United States, located in the northern end of Downtown. It is located roughly between West Grand Avenue to the north, Interstate 980 to the west, City Center and 14th Street to the south, and Broadway to the east.
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.
Downtown Oakland
Suburb
Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.
Downtown Oakland is the central business district of Oakland, California, United States. It is located roughly bounded by both the Oakland Estuary and Interstate 880 on the southwest, Interstate 980 on the northwest, Grand Avenue on the northeast, and Lake Merritt on the east.
Lake Merritt Plaza
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.80774° or 37° 48′ 28″ northLongitude
-122.26535° or 122° 15′ 55″ westInception
1985Levels
27Height
371 feet (113 metres)Open location code
849VRP5M+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 430222989OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6476889
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Lake Merritt Plaza” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lake Merritt Plaza”
- French: “Lake Merritt Plaza”
- Spanish: “Lake Merritt Plaza”
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