Peralta Villa
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Oakland, California

Oakland, located in the U.S. state of California, is a major West Coast port city and the busiest port for San Francisco Bay and all Northern California. It is the third largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, the eighth-largest city in the state, and the 47th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 390,724. Incorporated in 1852, Oakland is the county seat of Alameda County.

Located at 37.8053, -122.273 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Port of Oakland

The Port of Oakland is the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. It is now the fifth busiest container port in the United States, behind Long Beach, Los Angeles, Newark, and Savannah. Development of an intermodal container handling system in 2002 culminated over a decade of planning and construction to produce a high volume cargo facility that positions the Port of Oakland for further expansion of the West Coast freight market share.

Located at 37.7955, -122.285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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McClymonds High School

McClymonds High School is a public high school in the West Oakland neighborhood of Oakland, California, USA. In addition to being the third oldest high school in Oakland, it is the larger of the two high schools in West Oakland (the other being Bunche High School), and the only high school in West Oakland operated by the Oakland Unified School District.

Located at 37.818, -122.279 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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West Oakland (BART station)

West Oakland is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the neighborhood of West Oakland in Oakland. It has two elevated side platforms, and is located near the eastern end of the Transbay Tube. This is the last stop before entering the Transbay Tube into San Francisco, and all trains except those of the Richmond - Fremont line pass through this station. Since late 2005 parking commuters at this station pay $5 per day.

Located at 37.8049, -122.295 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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West Oakland, Oakland, California

West Oakland is a neighborhood situated in the northwestern corner of Oakland, California along the waterfront near the Port of Oakland and San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m).

Located at 37.8119, -122.295 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California, Populated places in California with African American majority populations, African-American culture

Old Oakland

Old Oakland, formally known as the Old Oakland Historic District, 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. The Old Oakland district was the "original" downtown Oakland during the 1860s after Central Pacific Railroad constructed a terminus on 7th Street.

Located at 37.8011, -122.274 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California, Historic districts in California

Cypress Street Viaduct

The Cypress Street Viaduct, often referred to as the Cypress Structure, was a 1.6 mile long, raised two-tier, multi-lane (four lanes per deck) freeway constructed of reinforced concrete that was originally part of the Nimitz Freeway in Oakland, California. It replaced an earlier single-deck viaduct constructed in the 1930s as one of the approaches to the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge. It was located along Cypress Street between 7th Street and Interstate 80 in the West Oakland neighborhood.

Located at 37.8168, -122.289 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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16th Street Station (Oakland)

The 16th Street Station is one of three original train stations that served Oakland, California at the start of the 20th century. The building was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt who was a preeminent train station architect at that time and the facility opened in 1912. For many decades, the 16th Street Station was a major railroad station of the Southern Pacific railroad in Oakland as well as local commuter services such as the East Bay Electric Lines via elevated platforms.

Located at 37.8156, -122.297 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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McClymonds Educational Complex

McClymonds Educational Complex was the collective name of the two small high schools occupying the building of McClymonds High School, operated by the Oakland Unified School District from August 2005 to 2010. As of 2010, the complex has returned to being a single high school, McClymonds High School.

Located at 37.818, -122.279 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Dogtown, Oakland, California

Dogtown is a nickname for a portion of West Oakland (officially Clawson) in the city of Oakland, California. Oakland Police officers coined the phrase due to a large population of stray dogs dating from the early 1980s. It is bounded on the east by Adeline Street, on the west by Mandela Parkway, and its north-south limits are the 580 freeway and 28th Street. The area is undergoing rapid redevelopment from former industrial uses to live-work and other residential forms.

Located at 37.8245, -122.286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California, Populated places in California with African American majority populations

St. Mary's Gardens

St. Mary's Gardens is an Oakland, California elderly housing facility noted for its airy, open design and innovative use of low-cost plywood. The building was designed by Thomas J. Caulfield of Peters, Clayberg, and Caulfield. The design received a national Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1981.

Located at 37.8052, -122.281 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Oakland, California

Oakland Point, Oakland, California

Oakland Point, in Oakland, California, USA, was the name of a small promontory on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay located in the vicinity of what is now the Port of Oakland shipping terminal. Oakland Point was previously known as Gibbon's Point, named for an early American settler who constructed a small wharf there.

Located at 37.8078, -122.304 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California

AMCO Chemical

AMCO Chemical was a chemical distribution company located in Oakland, California. The land the company operated on is designated as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund cleanup site. AMCO operated from the 1960s until 1989. Chemicals were brought to the company in rail tank cars. The contents were off-loaded into 55-gallon drums which were stored on the lot until the chemicals were transferred into smaller containers for re-sale.

Located at 37.8028, -122.295 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Lower Bottoms, Oakland, California

The Lower Bottoms (also known as The Bottoms) is the informal name of a neighborhood in West Oakland in Oakland, California. The neighborhood boundaries are Mandela Parkway to the east, 7th Street to the south, West Grand Avenue to the north, and the former Oakland Army Base to the west. It includes the "central station development" of the former 16th Street Train Station, which served as a film location for the 2005 film Rent and Vallejo rapper E-40's "Tell Me When to Go" video.

Located at 37.8051, -122.294 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Acorn, Oakland, California

Acorn or Acorn Projects are a series of housing projects in the Acorn Redevelopment Project Area or the Acorn neighborhood of West Oakland. Located in West Oakland, California, this complex is known as the spot where Black Panther Party Leader Huey P. Newton was killed. Acorn, or "The Corns" as local residents call them, consists of a wide variety of public housing.

Located at 37.802, -122.287 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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The Crucible (arts education center)

The Crucible is a nonprofit industrial arts school in Oakland, California. Established in Berkeley in 1999, the institute was moved to its present location in 2003. The mission of The Crucible is to foster a collaboration of Arts, Industry and Community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials, and innovative design while serving as an accessible arts venue for the general public.

Located at 37.8047, -122.291 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Yoshi's (jazz club)

Yoshi's is the preeminent jazz club of the San Francisco Bay Area. Started as a Japanese restaurant in Berkeley by Yoshi Akiba, a World War II war orphan, (who came to the United States to study dance, art, and dance therapy), and her friends Kaz Kajimura and Hiroyuki Hori, the club soon moved to a larger space on Claremont Avenue in Oakland, California and began to feature live jazz music. It eventually gained a reputation as one of the most significant jazz venues on the West Coast.

Located at 37.7961, -122.278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Oakland Army Base

The Oakland Army Base, also known as the Oakland Army Terminal, was a former United States Army base in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The base was located on the Oakland waterfront just south of the eastern entrance to the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge. Construction of the base commenced in 1941, as an expansion of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation based at Fort Mason on the San Francisco waterfront.

Located at 37.8167, -122.301 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Campbell Village Court, Oakland, California

The Campbell Village Court housing projects are a series of complexes located in the Campbell Village part of the Lower Bottoms area of West Oakland California. Campbell Village Court is bound by Willow Street to the west, Campbell Street to the east, 10th street to the north, and 8th street to the south. It is not far from the abandoned 16th Street Train Station and the Mandela Parkway.

Located at 37.8087, -122.299 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cypress Village, Oakland, California

The Cypress Village housing projects are a series of housing complexes stretching from 10th Street to 14th Street and Kirkham Way. Cypress is located in between the Acorn neighborhood and Lower Bottoms neighborhood in West Oakland. Cypress Village is one of the three housing projects in West Oakland, along with the Campbell Village Court and the Acorn Projects. Cypress Village was built by the Oakland Housing Authority after World War II, when many African-Americans began to migrate to Oakland.

Located at 37.8089, -122.291 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Village Bottoms

The Village Bottoms is a historic cultural district in the predominantly Black neighborhood of West Oakland, California. Its current revitalization and cultural arts renaissance is being catalyzed by artist/cultural worker Marcel Diallo and a neighborhood of young, black artists including Githinji wa Mbire, Eesuu Orundide, letitia ntofon, and rappers Boots Riley of The Coup, Zumbi of Zion I and Adimu Madyun of rap group Hairdooo.

Located at 37.8121, -122.297 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Campbell Village, Oakland, California

Campbell Village is a neighborhood of Oakland, California in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m). Campbell Village is the site of the Campbell Village Court housing projects.

Located at 37.8083, -122.299 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Peralta Villa, Oakland, California

Peralta Villa is a neighborhood in Oakland in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m). It was formerly an unincorporated community.

Located at 37.8075, -122.291 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Populated places in Alameda County, California, Neighborhoods in Oakland, California

KSFN

KSFN is a radio station broadcasting a Chinese format. Licensed to Piedmont, California, the station serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is currently owned by Mapleton Communications.

Located at 37.8172, -122.286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Chinese-American culture in California, Radio stations in California, Radio stations established in 1947

555 City Center

555 City Center is a 20-storey, 85 m skyscraper in the City Center complex of downtown Oakland, California. The building was completed in 2002, and designed by Korth Sunseri Hagey Architects of San Francisco for the Shorenstein Company.

Located at 37.8039, -122.275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Office buildings completed in 2002, Buildings and structures in Oakland, California, Skyscrapers between 50 and 99 meters, Skyscrapers in California