Adams Point, Oakland, California
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Adams Point is a
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of
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. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Merritt, directly adjacent to
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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 on the northeast. It lies at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m). Neighborhood landmarks include the Veteran's Memorial Building, the
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House, the art deco Bellevue-Staten Building, Lakeside Park, one of Oakland's larger parks, and Children's Fairyland, 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. 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.


Commercial area

Numerous ground floor retail businesses populate the Grand Ave business district, which are within walking distance of the neighborhood.


City and county politics

, it is in District 5 of
Alameda County, California Alameda County ( ) is a List of counties in California, county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and List ...
. In 2022, the Oakland city approved a redistricting, which occurs every 10 years; portions of Adam Point are in District 1 and District 3.


See also

* Lakeside Apartments District * Oakland City Center * Uptown Oakland


References

* Neighborhoods in Oakland, California {{AlamedaCountyCA-geo-stub