Oakland, Atlanta: Difference between revisions

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Oakland (not to be confused with Oakland City in southwestern Atlanta) is an officially recognized neighborhood of Atlanta consisting of only four blocks. It is bounded by:

the Downtown Connector freeway on the west, across which is Downtown Atlanta and the Georgia State Capitol building
Grant Street on the east, across which is one block of the Grant Park (Atlanta) neighborhood and then the historic Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and the Grant Park (Atlanta) and Capitol Gateway neighborhoods on the south
the MARTA east-west rail line on the north^[1]

Oakland contains:

the disused Corey smokestack
Mattress Factory Lofts, site of the former Southern Spring Bedding factory, with some buildings built as far back as 1864^[2]
Crown Candy Lofts

References

^ "NPU W", City of Atlanta Archived (Date missing) at atlantaga.gov (Error: unknown archive URL)
^ Mattress Factory

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 * Grant Street on the east, across which is one block of the [[Grant Park (Atlanta)]] neighborhood and then the historic [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)]]
 * Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and the [[Grant Park (Atlanta)]] and [[Capitol Gateway]] neighborhoods on the south
-* the [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] east-west rail line on the north<ref>[http://www.atlantaga.gov/client_resources/government/planning/npu%20system/maps/npu_w.pdf "NPU W", City of Atlanta]</ref>
+* the [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] east-west rail line on the north<ref>[http://www.atlantaga.gov/client_resources/government/planning/npu%20system/maps/npu_w.pdf "NPU W", City of Atlanta] {{wayback|url=http://www.atlantaga.gov/client_resources/government/planning/npu%20system/maps/npu_w.pdf |date=20101129064735 }}</ref>
 Oakland contains: