Alameda
Alameda Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay in California. It is south and west of, and adjacent to, Oakland, and across the bay eastward from San Francisco.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Alameda Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pacific Pinball Museum and College of Alameda.
Pacific Pinball Museum
Museum
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The Pacific Pinball Museum is a Board Managed and certified 501 C nonprofit interactive museum/arcade offering a chronological and historical selection of rare bagatelles and early pinball games in addition to over 100 playable pinball machines ranging in era from the 1940s to present day located on Webster Street in Alameda, California.
College of Alameda
College
Photo: Klutzykid, Public domain.
College of Alameda is a public community college in Alameda, California. It is part of the Peralta Community College District and was opened in 1968. Since 1970 the college has held classes on a 62-acre campus at the intersection of Webster Street and Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway in Alameda.
Croll Building
Building
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The Croll Building, in Alameda, California, was the site of Croll's Gardens and Hotel, famous as training quarters for some of the greatest fighters in boxing history from 1883 to 1914.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West End and Woodstock.
West End
Neighborhood
West End is a neighborhood in Alameda in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 20 feet. It corresponds to the western end of the island prior to its extension by landfill.
Woodstock
Neighborhood
Woodstock is a neighborhood in Alameda in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. It was one of the original three settlements formed in 1853 on Alameda island.
South Shore
Neighborhood
South Shore is a neighborhood in Alameda in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. It is located mostly on landfill extending from the original south shore of the island, now a chain of artificial lagoons.
Alameda
- Category: landform
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Alameda” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿拉米達島”
- Dutch: “Alameda”
- Japanese: “アラメダ島”
- “Alameda”
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