Cathedral Building
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The Cathedral Building (originally named the Federal Realty Building), built in 1914, was the first Gothic Revival style skyscraper west of the Mississippi River, located in Oakland, California.[1]
Description and history
It is also called the "Wedding Cake" for its appearance, which resembles New York's Flatiron Building.[1] Its narrow, triangular form is a result of its location on Latham Square, where Telegraph Avenue branches off diagonally from Broadway. It was designed by architect Benjamin Geer McDougall.[1] It was developed by Brog Properties, a Downtown Oakland development firm who renovated the building for mixed residential and commercial units.[1] In June 2015, the United Nations Foundation commissioned Bay Area street artist Zio Ziegler to create a mural on the Cathedral Building's north-facing wall. The mural commemorates the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, California on June 26, 1945.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 2, 1979.[3]
The third floor of the Cathedral Building was the setting for Cassius's apartment in the Oakland-based Boots Riley film Sorry to Bother You.[4]
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- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
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- Gothic Revival skyscrapers
- Gothic Revival architecture in California
- National Register of Historic Places in Oakland, California
- Skyscraper office buildings in Oakland, California
- Triangular buildings
- Oakland Designated Landmarks