Department of Make Believe
Department of Make Believe is a community center in Alameda, California which is located on Telegraph Avenue. Department of Make Believe is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Minh Yueh Jiu Shyh Buddhist Association of North California, as well as near the church Greater Faith MBC.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paramount Theatre and Uptown Transit Center.
Paramount Theatre
Theater building
The Paramount Theatre is a 3,040-seat Art Deco concert hall located at 2025 Broadway in Downtown Oakland. When it was built in 1931, it was the largest multi-purpose theater on the West Coast, seating 3,476. Paramount Theatre is situated 990 feet south of Department of Make Believe.
Uptown Transit Center
Bus station
19th Street Oakland station is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station located under Broadway between 17th Street and 20th Street in the Uptown District of Oakland, California. Uptown Transit Center is situated 1,200 feet south of Department of Make Believe.
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 2,800 feet south of Department of Make Believe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uptown Oakland and Oakland.
Uptown Oakland
Neighborhood
Photo: ArielGlenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uptown Oakland is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, United States, located in the northern end of Downtown. It is located roughly between West Grand Avenue to the north, Interstate 980 to the west, City Center and 14th Street to the south, and Broadway to 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.
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.
Department of Make Believe
- Type: Community center
- Address: 2273 Telegraph Avenue
- Category: building
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.81255° or 37° 48′ 45″ northLongitude
-122.26916° or 122° 16′ 9″ westOpen location code
849VRP7J+28OpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Minh Yueh Jiu Shyh Buddhist Association of North California and Greater Faith MBC.
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