A low altitude aerial view of the Alameda County ccourthouse, with Lake Merritt as a backdrop at left center. The billboard that advertised Chervrolet cars in 2000.1.1056 is now shown from the back. Automobiles are in motion, parked on the street and in a parking lot across from the Courthouse, at right lower. A pile driver is at work on a roadway near the southwest shore of Lake Merritt. Two- and thre-story apartment and commercial buildings can be seen at the upper left on the far side of the Courthouse. Commercial buildings are at right center. The Oakland Auditorium is near the right upper corner, with its parking lot filled with construction timbers for the roadway.