{"product_id":"old-map-of-berkeley-oakland-alameda-by-neuhaus-goodman-1930-lake-merritt-uc-berkeley-claremont-key-route-posey-tube","title":"Old Map of Berkeley-Oakland-Alameda by Neuhaus\u0026Goodman 1930: Lake Merritt, UC Berkeley, Claremont, Key Route, Posey Tube","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Map of Berkeley, Oakland \u0026amp; Alameda, created in 1930 by Eugene Neuhaus in collaboration with Michael Baltekal Goodman, is an Art Deco city portrait that fuses orientation with romance. A spare, lucid street lattice occupies the center, while saturated color drenches the Bay, the hills, and the margins where stories reside. Wind cherubs breathe over the Estuary as a capering sea creature keeps watch offshore. Across the blue, ancient galleons and sleek ferries share water with modern steamers. Elevations of landmark buildings punctuate neighborhoods, and small vignettes recount seminal episodes in East Bay history. As a city map, it is notable for uniting three distinct municipalities into one legible organism and for balancing the grid—Shattuck, Telegraph, Grand—with narrative pleasures and quotations celebrating the region’s verve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Berkeley, the cartographers compose a civic symphony from its principal avenues. Track Shattuck Avenue from Downtown northward past Berkeley Way, Hearst Avenue, Hopkins Street, and Marin Avenue, or follow University Avenue as it draws a ceremonial line from campus to the working waterfront. The map lingers on Telegraph Avenue and College Avenue, where street life spills toward Elmwood and along Claremont Boulevard into the hills, crowned by the grand Claremont Hotel in elevation. Academic emblems—Sather Tower, the Greek Theatre, and other collegiate silhouettes—rise crisply amid tree-lined blocks, while Ashby Avenue carves a southern boundary alive with commerce. Neuhaus and Goodman use bold color to push the Berkeley Hills forward like a proscenium, suffusing the scholastic city with aspiration and coastal light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOakland’s civic geometry is rendered with superb clarity. Downtown’s orthogonal grid—Franklin, Webster, and Harrison—meets Grove Street (later Martin Luther King Jr. Way) as avenues radiate toward neighborhoods and the lake. Grand Avenue arcs around Lake Merritt, mirrored by Lakeshore Avenue, while Piedmont Avenue climbs toward Mountain View Cemetery. West Grand Avenue and West MacArthur Boulevard stride to industry and piers; 40th Street points to the Key Route ferry pier where trains met boats. 1st Avenue skims the lake’s eastern edge, and 24th and 39th Avenues thread eastward toward the tidelands. East 14th Street and Foothill Boulevard spear southeast, with Park Boulevard winding the hills. In a lively vignette, the Oakland Municipal Airport hums with biplanes as the estuary bristles with ferries, freighters, and tugboats—modern bustle set against echoes of Spanish galleons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the Oakland Estuary, Alameda unfurls as an island jewel of neighborhoods and shorelines. Webster Street anchors the northern approach, newly linked in this era by the Posey Tube, while quieter byways—Catalina Way, Merced Street, and Tuller Road—hint at the island’s residential calm and its reach toward Bay Farm. Beaches and yacht basins fringe tranquil blocks of Victorian-era streets, their charm amplified by Goodman’s neat elevations and by marine traffic skimming the narrow channels. Ancient and contemporary vessels share the same bright waters—schooners and steam ferries threading between Alameda and the East Bay—while a playful mythical sea creature cavorts offshore. The island’s proximity to the bustling Oakland Municipal Airport underscores a region poised between leisure and speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collaboration marries Neuhaus’s painterly eye—he was a prominent Berkeley-based artist and influential teacher in California—with Goodman’s consummate skill in pictorial cartography. Their Art Deco sensibility shines in the brilliant palette, crisp letterforms, and ornamental wind cherubs that recall Renaissance portolans even as the map fixes a distinctly 1930 viewpoint. Elevations of notable buildings act as beacons above a minimalist street lattice that clarifies navigation along Shattuck, Telegraph, Piedmont, Park, and University, then out to West 14th, West MacArthur, and the avenues of the East Bay plain. Quotations sprinkled through the composition celebrate the region’s energy and promise. As a city map, it is both guide and myth, capturing the East Bay on the cusp of transformations that would soon recast its waterfront.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStreets and roads on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAshby Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBerkeley Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalina Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClaremont Boulevard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollege Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEast 14th Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoothill Boulevard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFranklin Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrand Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrove Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarrison Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHearst Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHopkins Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLakeshore Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarin Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMerced Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePark Boulevard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiedmont Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShattuck Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelegraph Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuller Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUniversity Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWebster Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest 14th Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest Grand Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest MacArthur Boulevard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40th Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e39th Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24th Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1st Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAncient and contemporary vessels in the Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElevations of notable buildings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical events depicted through vignettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOakland Municipal Airport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecorative elements including wind cherubs and a mythical sea creature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuotations celebrating the region's significance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap Title: A Map of Berkeley, Oakland \u0026amp; Alameda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated By: Eugene Neuhaus in collaboration with Michael Baltekal Goodman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYear of Creation: 1930\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStyle and Design: Art Deco style with brilliant colors; minimalist central street layout contrasted with rich colors in surrounding areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeographic Focus: East Bay region of California—Berkeley, Oakland, and Alameda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Significance: Collaboration with Neuhaus, a notable Californian painter and teacher; depicts significant historical events and sites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very large map that must be ordered at a large size, so that you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 100in (250cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Map","offer_id":57718121628032,"sku":"UM00270252A","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57718121660800,"sku":"UM00270253A","price":202.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":57718121693568,"sku":"UM00270254A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Map","offer_id":57718121726336,"sku":"UM00270255A","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57718121759104,"sku":"UM00270256A","price":202.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed canvas 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