Montclair Hills Lookout Point c1920
Montclair Hills Lookout Point c1920
Crowd of prospective buyers arriving at the Real Estate sales office and observatory in Montclair Hills - 1923 (per license plate), possibly driving Chevrolet's made nearby in the automakers factory in East Oakland. Oakland made some many vehicles in the day that it was dubbed the "Detroit of the West", which actually was considered to be a good moniker.
from our community history exhibit at US District Courthouse-Oakland
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Sign on the building at the bluff proclaims, "Oakland, the Greatest City on the Pacific Coast - INVEST!" - indeed this is an overlook with sweeping panoramic views of Oakland, San Francisco and the Golden Gate.
Where is this?
It is located on knoll where Aztec and Tampa Drive meet / We verified the typography around Asilomar/Aztec and Balboa and think that the mystery is solved on where this was located.
We believe the current Mediterranean house, (built 1935), is just North of the where the original observatory tower was located, and Aztec, just graded on the right in the photo, is the street that heads down the hill. The owner of this house has coincidentally restored a 1929 Ford Model A that sits in his driveway. The hillside in the distant left, and the drop off on both sides of the intersection match the bluff in the view. However, no one we met had any knowledge of this and there is no way to photograph this to create a "then now" view,
In 1928 a house was built for Paul Pause of Montclair Reality 229 Monterrey Drive, which was changed to Asilomar Drive. I think the address is 2054 or 2059
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from Charly T -
"When the observatory burned down, Mr. Pause opened his house to visitors to appreciate the view and the merits of building in Montclair. There is a page of the Oakland Tribune, I believe from March 25, 1928, dedicated to the "Montclair Model View Home."
It was an all-electric home, an innovation for that time. I believe that the house on Aztec was built after a previous house was designed but never completed. It was to have been of an Asian design and was going to be built for a world traveler. The current side fence of the Aztec home has an oriental feel to its design, but I don't know if it is original."
Source image from collection of Oakland Public Library
Montclair Hills Lookout Point c1920
Montclair Hills Lookout Point c1920
Crowd of prospective buyers arriving at the Real Estate sales office and observatory in Montclair Hills - 1923 (per license plate), possibly driving Chevrolet's made nearby in the automakers factory in East Oakland. Oakland made some many vehicles in the day that it was dubbed the "Detroit of the West", which actually was considered to be a good moniker.
from our community history exhibit at US District Courthouse-Oakland
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Archival Digital prints, framing, and canvas wraps are available through our partner ImageKind: worldwidearchive.imagekind.com/store/Images.aspx/ece50de5...
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Sign on the building at the bluff proclaims, "Oakland, the Greatest City on the Pacific Coast - INVEST!" - indeed this is an overlook with sweeping panoramic views of Oakland, San Francisco and the Golden Gate.
Where is this?
It is located on knoll where Aztec and Tampa Drive meet / We verified the typography around Asilomar/Aztec and Balboa and think that the mystery is solved on where this was located.
We believe the current Mediterranean house, (built 1935), is just North of the where the original observatory tower was located, and Aztec, just graded on the right in the photo, is the street that heads down the hill. The owner of this house has coincidentally restored a 1929 Ford Model A that sits in his driveway. The hillside in the distant left, and the drop off on both sides of the intersection match the bluff in the view. However, no one we met had any knowledge of this and there is no way to photograph this to create a "then now" view,
In 1928 a house was built for Paul Pause of Montclair Reality 229 Monterrey Drive, which was changed to Asilomar Drive. I think the address is 2054 or 2059
californiaimages.blogspot.com/2012/12/montclair-sales-off...
from Charly T -
"When the observatory burned down, Mr. Pause opened his house to visitors to appreciate the view and the merits of building in Montclair. There is a page of the Oakland Tribune, I believe from March 25, 1928, dedicated to the "Montclair Model View Home."
It was an all-electric home, an innovation for that time. I believe that the house on Aztec was built after a previous house was designed but never completed. It was to have been of an Asian design and was going to be built for a world traveler. The current side fence of the Aztec home has an oriental feel to its design, but I don't know if it is original."
Source image from collection of Oakland Public Library