Grand Avenue Heights is situated on Grand Avenue between the head of Lake Merritt and Piedmont. At one time this area was called Pleasant Valley.
Grand Avenue Heights – By The Parks
Blandings’ Oakland Dream House
In 1948, as part of the promotion for the movie Mr. Blandings' Builds a Dream House starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, the studio built "dream houses" in cities across the United States. Oakland was chosen as one of the locations.
Elmhurst Presbyterian Church
In the late summer and early fall of 1893 residents of Elmhurst began building a simple and dignified wood-framed church.
Piedmont Pines Display Homes
A bit more history of some of the homes built in the 1930s in the Piedmont Pines neighborhood of Oakland.
Living on the Shore of Lake Temescal
When Walter was attending school, he lived with his mother and stepfather, George W. Logan. They lived on a farm alongside Lake Temescal, where Logan was the caretaker for the filtering plant that supplied Oakland's drinking water.
The Garden Spot of East Oakland
Iveywood and the Iveywood Extension are subdivisions in the Elmhurst District of Oakland.
Court of All Nations
The Court of All Nations is located on Hillen Street (formally Trumbull Street) near Mills College, with a view of the bay and the nearby hills. The group of fifty homes was built in 1925, with the first four starting in January of that year.
Klinknerville – Oakland
Klinknerville was a town in what is now the Golden Gate neighborhood. It was started by Charles Alexander Klinkner in 1885, the name was changed to Golden Gate in 1888, and it was annexed by Oakland in 1897.
Old Timers Recall
A bit of history of some of the early residents of Montclair from the 1920s.
Early Residents of Montclair – Before 1920
the history of Montclair in Oakland Hills. I discovered that there were people living in the area we now call Montclair in 1865. Here is "A bit of History" of them