Civic Center
Oakland's Civic Center neighborhood is a residential and public building district on the east side of Oakland's Central Business District. Its borders are roughly Downtown and Harrison Street to the west, the East Lake Neighborhood and Lakeshore Avenue to the east, the Lakeside Apartments District and 14th Street to the North, and Chinatown and 11th Street to the South.Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Oakland, California, USA
- Also known as: “Civic Center, Oakland, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include René C. Davidson Courthouse and Camron-Stanford House.
René C. Davidson Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The René C. Davidson Courthouse is the main courthouse, part of the Alameda County Superior Court system. The art deco style courthouse was completed in 1934 and is located in the county seat of Oakland, California, US. It is adjacent to Lake Merritt.
Camron-Stanford House
Museum
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Camron-Stanford House is the last of the 19th-century Victorian mansions that once surrounded Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. It was the home to a series of influential families, and in 1907, became the city's first museum.
Oakland Hotel
Historic building
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Oakland Hotel is a historic building in Oakland, California. It was built as a luxury hotel by P.J. Walker in 1912, with investments from businessmen Francis Marion Smith, Edson Adams and W.W.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Downtown Oakland.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Daniel Olsen, CC BY 2.5.
The Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California, is traditionally Chinese which reflects Oakland's diverse Chinese American, and more broadly Asian American community.
Downtown Oakland
Suburb
Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.
Downtown Oakland is the central business district of Oakland, California, United States. It is located roughly bounded by both the Oakland Estuary and Interstate 880 on the southwest, Interstate 980 on the northwest, Grand Avenue on the northeast, and Lake Merritt on the east.
Oakland
Photo: Simon Carrasco, CC BY 2.0.
Oakland is a port city in the Bay Area of California in the United States. Once an industrial area overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger neighbor to the west, this city of 440,000 people has begun to step out from under San Francisco's shadow with its notable natural and architectural features and its rise as the multicultural "hipster" city of the Bay Area.
Civic Center
- Categories: central business district and locality
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.80058° or 37° 48′ 2″ northLongitude
-122.26474° or 122° 15′ 53″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
849VRP2P+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 4287067158OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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