Lakeside Apartments District, Oakland, California
The Lakeside Apartments District neighborhood, also known as The Gold Coast, and simply as The Lakeside, is one of Oakland's historic residential neighborhoods between the Downtown district and Lake Merritt. In the context of a Cultural Heritage Survey, the City of Oakland officially named most of the blocks of the neighborhood "The Lakeside Apartments District," and designated it as a local historic district with architecturally significant historic places, and Areas of Primary Importance (APIs). The greater neighborhood includes the interior blocks officially designated as a local historic district and the 'Gold Coast' peripheral areas along Lakeside Drive, 20th Street, and the west edge of Lake Merritt, areas closer to 14th Street and the Civic Center district, and blocks adjacent to downtown along Harrison Street.
Lakeside Apartments District | |
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Neighborhood of Oakland | |
| Nickname: "The Lakeside" "Gold Coast" | |
Lakeside Apartments District Location within Oakland | |
| Coordinates: 37°48′12″N 122°15′51″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Alameda |
| Metro Area | Oakland M.S.A |
| City | Oakland |
| Government | |
| • City Councilmember | Carroll Fife |
| Elevation | 12 ft (4 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 94612 |
| Area code | 510, 341 |
| AC Transit Centers | Downtown Transit Station, Uptown Transit Center |
| AC Transit routes | 26, 1R, 11, 12, 14, 18, 40, 51A, 58L, 72, 72M, 72R, 88; All Nighter Routes 800, 801, 802, 805, 840, 851 |
| BART Stations | Oakland City Center/12th Street, Lake Merritt, 19th Street/Oakland |
| BART Lines | R O Y B G |
The district is characterized by a predominance of rent-stabilized apartments, mixed-use buildings, and a long history of regional mass transit connections serving its central location. In recent years, mid-rise, mixed-use, market rate, and affordable rental housing has been planned, proposed, approved, constructed, and inhabited. At the present, other developers have proposed market-rate condominium skyscrapers and other high-rise towers which have idled in various stages of the planning process. From 2007 to 2009, the Oakland Planning Commission revised zoning and building height regulations for the neighborhood.