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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 ...

is the site of more than 95 high-rises, the majority of which are located in its downtown district. In the city, there are 30 buildings taller than . The tallest building is the 28-

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Ordway Building The Ordway Building (also known as One Kaiser Plaza) is a skyscraper located in downtown Oakland, California. The building lies close to Oakland's Lake Merritt and the tower contains 28 stories of office space. There are eight corner offices per ...

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History

The history of high-rises in Oakland began with the completion of the nine-story Bank of America Building in 1907. A nine-story section was later added to the same building. It remained the tallest building in the city until 1914, when the

Oakland City Hall Oakland City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Oakland, California. The current building was completed in 1914, and replaced a prior building that stood on what is now Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. Standing at the height of , it was the first ...

, at , became the tallest. At the time it was built, the City Hall was the first high-rise government building in the United States and the tallest building west of the

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Kaiser Center Kaiser Center, also called the Kaiser Building, is a 28-story office building located at 300 Lakeside Drive, adjacent to Lake Merritt, in downtown Oakland, California, designed by the architectural firm of Welton Becket & Associates of Los Ange ...

surpassed the height of the City Hall in 1960, and was the tallest building for a decade. In 1989, Ordway Building became the tallest building in the city. , the tallest building currently under construction is the 36-story, 395 ft (120m) skyscraper at 1900 Broadway. File:Oakland Skyline and Lake Merritt.jpg, center, 1000px, , alt=Daytime skyline of a city behind a lake, showing several tall skyscrapers in the middle of the image, with several low-rises on the left and trees on the right. poly 4200 194 4197 203 4197 518 4197 538 4649 516 4648 445 4648 196 4544 194 4544 187 4514 185 4511 189 4510 194 4462 194 4462 189 4455 176 4392 176 4392 194 4316 197 4316 193 4305 188 4276 189 4276 198 4227 200 4226 190 4221 189 4199 192 4202 197

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Kaiser Engineering Building The Kaiser Engineering Building, also called the Raymond Kaiser Engineering Building, is a high-rise located in downtown Oakland, California. It has 25 stories and stands at 336 feet (102 m) tall. See also *List of tallest buildings in Oakland, Ca ...

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Clorox Building The Clorox Building is a 24-story, High-rise building in the City Center complex of downtown Oakland, California. The building was completed in 1976, and designed by Cesar Pelli when he worked with Gruen Associates now based in Los Angeles. T ...

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Tribune Tower The Tribune Tower is a , 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built between 1923 and 1925, the international design competition for the tower became a historic event in 20th-cen ...

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Lake Merritt Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United States' first official wildlife refuge, designate ...

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René C. Davidson Courthouse The René C. Davidson Courthouse (originally, Alameda County Court House) is the main courthouse, part of the Alameda County Superior Court system. The art deco style courthouse was completed in 1934 and is located in the county seat of Oakland, Ca ...

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Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Oakland buildings that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building is not known. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed or opened.

Timeline of tallest buildings

References

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External links

Diagram of Oakland skyscrapers
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Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...