Downtown Oakland
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.Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oakland City Hall and Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
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.
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Park
Photo: Californiathegreat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza is a public square located in Downtown Oakland.
12th Street Oakland City Center station
Metro station
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12th Street/Oakland City Center station is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station located under Broadway between 12th Street and 14th Street in Downtown Oakland, adjacent to the Oakland City Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakland and Old Oakland.
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.
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.
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
- Type: Suburb
- Description: central business district of Oakland, California
- Categories: central business district, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.80432° or 37° 48′ 16″ northLongitude
-122.27119° or 122° 16′ 16″ westOpen location code
849VRP3H+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 10139029526OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q5303527
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Downtown Oakland” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “奥克兰下城”
- Chinese: “奧克蘭下城”
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Notable Places Nearby
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