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The Adams Point area of Oakland is located just above the northern end of scenic Lake Merritt.  If you are looking for a condominium that puts you in the heart of everything, you want to consider finding something special here. 

Once here, you will discover that you are adjacent to two of the busiest neighborhood shopping areas in the city--Grand Avenue and Lakeshore Avenue.  On either you will find coffee shops, specialty and food shops, unique restaurants, and the always popular Trader Joe's.  Each Saturday morning you can add to your collection of wonderful fruits, vegetables and baked goods by joining your neighbors at the Grand Lake Farmer's Market, which is a popular favorite throughout the area. 

Not far away is the Oakland Museum, and…

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Oakland's Trestle Glen area was built around transportation.  Before it was as you see it today, it was the heart of  railroad line which ran along Trestle Glen Creek (mostly underground, now), and was originally named Indian Gulch after the Huchiun Indians who lived in the area. That railroad ran through nearby Montclair, and back through the Oakland hills, carrying freight, passengers and tourists from 1893 to 1906 when it was rerouted and torn down. The next transportation influence to encourage growth and development was the expansion of streetcar lines which allowed homeowners in the neighborhood to travel the short distance from their newly built homes above Lakeshore Avenue to their jobs in downtown Oakland, or across the bay to San Francisco. 

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