This location has been voted "A Walker's Paradise."
Walkers' Paradise: Most errands can be accomplished on foot and many people get by without owning a car. You can research the neighborhood and its amenities by clicking below.
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Our Immediate Vicinity:
- Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park
- Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
- Oakland Library
Within 3-5 Blocks:
- 2 BART stations - 19th Street & Lake Merritt
- Whole Foods Market, Walgreen’s, Kinko's, Starbucks, Good News Cafe
- Speedster's Deli & Togo's Sandwiches
- Oakland Museum
- Church of Light
- Laney College
- Paramount, Grand Lake and Fox OaklandTheater
- Uptown Oakland District which includes trendy restaurants and bars, such as Flora’s and Luka's
- Financial District of Oakland - bank branches, such as Bank of America, Washington Mutual, California Bank & Trust, etc.
- Kaiser Building - 300 Lakeside Drive - Includes: University of California, Versata, California Bank & Trust, WestEd, NightFire, Wulfsberg & Sykes Law Offices
- One Kaiser Plaza - Includes: Kaiser Permanente, Mechanics Bank, Wells Fargo, Washington Mutual, Morgan, Stanley, Dean, Whitter
- 1999 Harrison Street - Includes: Reed Smith Crosby Heafy, Mowat, Mackie & Anderson Accountants, Kornfield, Blum & Nyland Law Offices, CIGNA Healthcare
- 1800 Harrison Street - Includes: Kaiser Permanente, Sun MicroSystems, Boornazian Jensen Law Offices
- 180 Grand Avenue - Includes: RINA Accountancy, Bank of America
Within 10 Blocks:
- Oakland Convention Center
- City Center Pedestrian Mall
- ChinaTown
- Dellums Federal Building
- Harris State Building
- Oakland City Hall & Frank Ogawa Plaza
- Freeway Access to 880, 980, and 580
- University of California Headquarters
Things To Do:
Lake Merritt Hotel & Apartments is located in Oakland’s “Gold Coast” district that hugs the lake with stunning period and modern architecture. Cross the street to the lake and watch as crew teams’ race, gondolas glide by, joggers and walkers do their daily 3.2 mile circuit. Or visit the Oakland Museum of California or the Main Library, just blocks away. The Lake Merritt Hotel & Apartments is surrounded by luxury condominiums on tree-lined residential streets just moments from the heart of downtown. A few blocks more and you’re at the famed Paramount Theatre, shopping at the new Whole Foods Market or Trader Joe’s, having dim sum in Chinatown, experiencing the new galleries in the Uptown district, hitting the bookstore on Grand Avenue, enjoying the artisan Arizmendi bakery on Lakeshore Avenue or heading out to one or all three of the weekly Farmer’s markets with your neighbors.
We’re for the Birds, Too:
An important stop on the Pacific Flyway, Lake Merritt is home to the exotic black-crowned night heron, Canadian geese, ruddy ducks, snowy egrets, buffleheads, great blue herons and more. Named America’s first wildlife sanctuary in 1869, the tidal estuary is also a stop-over for thousands of unique migratory birds.