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A TALE OF TWO SHOWROOMS - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour

Saturday, July 23, 1 pm-3:30 pm
NEW! A TALE OF TWO SHOWROOMS

Meet at Whole Foods Market (the former Cox Cadillac showroom), 2500 Harrison St. at Bay Place
* Led by Annalee Allen

In the 1970s the legendary Packard Automobile Showroom next to Lake Merritt, designed by Bernard Maybeck, was lost to the wrecking ball. Thirty-five years later the abandoned Cox Cadillac Showroom on Harrison St. was restored and became a Whole Foods Market. On this tour, learn how one was lost and one was saved. The tour also includes a visit to the Kaiser Center Roof Garden. A level walk.

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