Acorn
Acorn or Acorn Projects are a series of housing projects in the Acorn Redevelopment Project Area or the Acorn neighborhood of West Oakland. Acorn, also known as "The Corns" or the "Cornfields", neighbors a wide variety of public housing.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Oakland, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Acorn, Oakland, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pardee Home and Oakland City Hall.
Pardee Home
Garden
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The Pardee Home is a house in Oakland, California. It was the home of three generations of the Pardee family. It is now a non-profit museum showing over 100 years of the life of a prominent California family.
Oakland City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oakland City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Oakland, California. The current building was completed in 1914, and replaced a prior building that stood on what is now Frank H.
African American Museum and Library at Oakland
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The African American Museum and Library at Oakland is a museum and non-circulating library in the Oakland Public Library system dedicated to preserving African American history, experiences and culture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Oakland and Old Oakland.
West Oakland
Suburb
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Oakland is a neighborhood situated in the northwestern corner of Oakland, California, United States, situated west of Downtown Oakland, south of Emeryville, and north of Alameda.
Old Oakland
Neighborhood
Old Oakland is a historic district in downtown Oakland, California. The area is located on the northwest side of Broadway, between the City Center complex and the Jack London Square district, and across Broadway from Chinatown.
Prescott, Oakland, California
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Prescott is a residential neighborhood and commercial district in West Oakland in Oakland, California. The neighborhood boundaries are Mandela Parkway to the east, 7th Street to the south, West Grand Avenue to the north, and Frontage Road to the west.
Acorn
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Igbo—“Acorn” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Acorn”
- French: “Acorn”
- Igbo: “Akpịrịkpa, Oakland, California”
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