Grand Lake, or the Grand Lake District, is a

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, United States. The neighborhood is located in the northeast corner 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 ...

, where Grand Avenue and Lakeshore Avenue pass under Interstate 580. It borders

Adams Point 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. It is a triangle bounded by Grand Avenue on the south, Harrison Street ...

to the west, Trestle Glen/Crocker Highlands to the east, and the city of

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to the north. It lies at an elevation of 52 feet (16 m). There are two shopping areas in the Grand Lake District: *''Grand Avenue'', between Piedmont and Adams Point, the larger of the two. The

Grand Lake Theater The Grand Lake Theatre is a historic movie palace located at 3200 Grand Avenue and Lake Park Avenue in the Grand Lake neighborhood of Oakland, California. History The Grand Lake Theater, designed as a single auditorium theater by Architects R ...

dominates the corner of Grand and Lake Park Ave. *''Lakeshore Avenue'', between Lake Park Ave and Mandana Blvd. The two streets are connected at their closest point by Lake Park Avenue and Splashpad Park, home of the neighborhood's large Saturday

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. In 1928, Joseph Edy and William Dreyer first sold their Grand Ice Cream at 3315 Grand Avenue. The Grand Lake neighborhood has seen a significant degree of revitalization since the 1990s. The property values of the area have increased as a result, contributing to the overall rise in land value of the

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References

External links

grandlakeneighbors.org

Grand Avenue Business Association

Lakeshor Avenue Business District
Neighborhoods in Oakland, California Shopping districts and streets in the San Francisco Bay Area {{AlamedaCountyCA-geo-stub