The Department of Make Believe

The Department of Make Believe is a shop in Alameda, California. The Department of Make Believe is situated nearby to the marketplace 10th Street Market, as well as near the historic building Ratto Block.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 10th Street Market and Oakland City Hall.

10th Street Market

Marketplace

Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.

10th Street Market, also known as the Swan's Market, Oakland Free Market or the Sanitary Free Market, was a commercial market district in Oakland, California.

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. Oakland City Hall is situated 1,500 feet northeast of The Department of Make Believe.

Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building

Public building

Photo: V Smoothe, CC BY 2.0.

The Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building complex is a federal building complex in Oakland, California, constructed as part of the Oakland City Center redevelopment project. Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building is situated 1,100 feet north of The Department of Make Believe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Oakland and Oakland.

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.

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.

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.

The Department of Make Believe

Type: Shop
Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.80189° or 37° 48′ 7″ north

Longitude

-122.27554° or 122° 16′ 32″ west

Operator

Chapter 510

Open location code

849VRP2F+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12580489420

OpenStreetMap feature

shop=yes

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