Adams Point is a
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
of
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
. It is located on the northern shore of
Lake Merritt
Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown Oakland, Downtown. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United States' first official wildlife ...
, directly adjacent to
Downtown Oakland
Downtown Oakland is the central business district of Oakland, California, United States; 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 ...
and the
Grand Lake district. It is a triangle bounded by Grand Avenue on the south, Harrison Street on the northwest, and the
MacArthur Freeway MacArthur or Macarthur may refer to:
Places
* Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
* Macarthur, New South Wales, a region of Metropolitan Sydney, Australia
** Division of Macarthur
** Macarthur railway station
* ...
on the northeast. It lies at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m). Neighborhood landmarks include the Veteran's Memorial Building, the
Earl Warren
Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitution ...
House, the art deco
Bellevue-Staten Building,
Lakeside Park, one of Oakland's larger parks, and
Children's Fairyland
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. Fairyland includes of play sets, small rides, and animal ...
, which is in the park.
History
The name ''Adams Point'', and the short Adams Street, comes from the name of one of the early landowners in Oakland,
Edson Adams Edson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Edson, Alberta
United States
* Edson, Kansas, an unincorporated community
* Edson, South Dakota, a ghost town
* Edson, Wisconsin, a town
** Edson (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
People ...
.
The area served as a camp for people displaced from San Francisco by the
1906 earthquake. Many of such displaced people remained in Oakland afterward, swelling its population.
[McArdle, Phil. 2007. "Oakland Police Department." Arcadia Press. p. 34.]
Retail shops and services
Numerous ground floor retail businesses populate the Grand Ave business district which are within walking distance of the neighborhood.
See also
*
Lakeside Apartments District
*
Oakland City Center
Oakland City Center is an office, shopping and hotel complex in Downtown Oakland, Oakland, California. The complex is the product of a redevelopment project begun in the late 1950s. It covers twelve city blocks between Broadway on the east, Marti ...
*
Uptown Oakland
Uptown Oakland is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, 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 ...
References
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California
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