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Downtown and West Oakland are located entirely in the flatlands, while North and East Oakland incorporate lower hills and flatlands neighborhoods. This hills/flatlands division extends beyond Oakland's borders into neighboring cities in the East Bay's urban core such as Berkeley, Hayward, San Leandro, and Richmond.
375 11th Street Oakland, CA 94607-4240: Annual budget: $1.8 billion USD (July 2015 – June 2017) Website: ... in portions of Alameda County and Contra Costa County ...
The BART Operations Control Center, located adjacent to the station. The construction of Lake Merritt station and the adjacent BART Administration Building leveled three blocks of Chinatown – one of several major displacements in the area, along with I-880, Laney College, and the Oakland Museum of California, that took place in the mid-20th century. [6]
Cypress Freeway Memorial Park — 14th and Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA 94607; DeFremery Park — 9.4 acres (38,000 m 2) — 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94607; Dimond Park — 14.31 acres (57,900 m 2) — 3860 Hanly Road, Oakland, CA 94602; Dunsmuir Estate Park — 30.16 acres (122,100 m 2) — 61 Covington Street, Oakland, CA 94605
Oakland's growth continued when it became the western terminus of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. It developed into a major port and industrial center, including the manufacture of ships and, later, automobiles. By 1872, the Alameda County Courthouse opened at 4th and Broadway and cases deemed too serious for police court were tried there.
Aerial view of Lake Merritt and downtown Oakland, with the San Francisco Bay, and the beginning of Bay Bridge in the upper left background An outdoor milonga (tango dance party) at the restored gazebo near Children's Fairyland in Lakeside Park. Measure DD, a $198 million Oakland City park bond measure, passed with 80% voter approval in 2002.
Oakland Fire officials later posted an update on the homes damaged by the fire after seeing conflicting reports. As of 5:15 p.m., Oakland Fire said there were two residential homes impacted by flames.
The northern terminus of the line is at the Uptown Transit Center, located at the 19th Street/Oakland BART station. The lines continues down Broadway in mixed traffic, passing 12th Street/Oakland City Center BART station before the southbound and northbound routes split at 11th and 12th Streets, respectively. Both directions simultaneously meet ...