Golden Gate, Oakland, California
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| — Neighborhood of Oakland — | |
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| Coordinates: 37°50′41″N 122°17′01″W / 37.8447°N 122.2835°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Alameda |
| City | Oakland |
| Website | http://www.goldengateoakland.org/ |
The Golden Gate neighborhood of Oakland, California is located in the northwest corner of the city, east of Emeryville and south of Berkeley. It includes the Golden Gate Shopping District, the stretch of San Pablo Avenue between 53rd Street on the south, and the Oakland-Berkeley border at 67th Street to the north.[1] The neighborhood includes the area from a few blocks west of San Pablo Avenue (the Emeryville border) to Adeline Street on the east.[2][3]
Businesses in the district include Actual Cafe, Pepple's Donut Farm, James and The Giant Cupcake, Bike Man Dan, Gateway Supermarket, Forthrite Printing, Godspeed and several art galleries.[4]
[edit] History
The area was originally developed by Charles Alexander Klinkner[5] who built 75 homes there and called it Klinknerville, established in 1885. A Klinknerville post office was established in 1887. The name was changed to Golden Gate in 1888.[6] The town was annexed to Oakland in 1897.[7]
The Golden Gate branch of the Oakland Library opened in 1918. It was built with funds from a 1914 Carnegie grant. Its design, by Donovan and Dickie, is a good example of early 20th century Georgian Revival Architecture.[8]
In the last half of the 20th century the retail district underwent a period of decline[9] and by 1998 was considered blighted by the city of Oakland.[10]
The Golden Gate Shopping District was the location of Your Black Muslim Bakery, which made national headlines in August 2007 when the bakery was raided by the Oakland police and shut down.[11]
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Golden Gate, Oakland, California |
- Shop Oakland - Golden Gate District
- An opinion piece on the neighborhood schools
- Friends of the Oakland Public Library (Golden Gate branch)
- Golden Gate branch of the Oakland Library
- A profile of the business district
- Map of local police beat 10X
- Neighborhood groups listed by Jane Brunner, Golden Gate's city council member
- Golden Gate Community Alliance
- Community event calendar for the Golden Gate district, maintained by neighborhood residents
[edit] References
- ^ Golden Gate District Profile
- ^ City of Oakland Pedestrian Safety Project (2004) (map). Walk Oakland!. Rufus Graphics, San Francisco.
- ^ "Neighborhood Search Map". Oakland Museum of California. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20090430211848/http://collections.museumca.org/search_map.jsp. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ Golden Gate Community Alliance Business Directory
- ^ Charles A. Klinkner and family, from the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library
- ^ California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State, By David L. Durham, Published by Word Dancer Press, 1998, ISBN 1884995144, 9781884995149
- ^ Past and Present of Alameda County, California - S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1914
- ^ Carnegie Libraries, Oakland/Golden Gate
- ^ The Golden Gate District: Then & Now
- ^ A 1998 photo essay on the neighborhood
- ^ "Bean pies, power, sex and death at Oakland's Your Black Muslim Bakery". San Francisco Chronicle. August 12, 2007. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/12/MNQMRGR7U.DTL.
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Coordinates: 37°50′41″N 122°17′01″W / 37.8447°N 122.2835°W
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