Photos Show Parking Garage Much Higher Than Advertised

A photo survey by readers and submitted to Action Alameda News Blog shows that the Civic Center Parking Garage is much higher than the Twin Towers United Church, whereas during the planning for the garage, the City advertised that it would be no higher than the top of the towers of the church.

The posterboards for the project in the Cineplex construction office on Central Avenue report the top of the Alameda Theatre Marquee and the Twin Towers Church Spires at 70 feet, while the “Parking Structure Oak Street Parapet” was indicated to be 48 feet high.

Photographs of the Twin Towers Church from the top level of the parking garage clearly show that one looks down on the Twin Towers Church, and that the top of the stairwell is much higher than the Twin Towers Church Spires.