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The Oakland Public Library is the public library in Oakland, California. Opened in 1878, the Oakland Public Library currently serves the city of Oakland, along with neighboring smaller cities Emeryville and Piedmont. The Oakland Public Library has the largest collection of any public library in the East Bay, featuring approximately 1.5 million ...
Rockridge branch of the Oakland Public Library. The main thoroughfare in Rockridge is College Avenue. The district is bounded by 51st Street on the southern end and Berkeley's Elmwood district on the northern end. The College Avenue strip running through Rockridge is home to more than 80 restaurants, cafes and upscale retail stores, including ...
Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake the Oakland Fire Department built a new station house on Shepherd Canyon Road and, upon completion, vacated the 1927 structure. In March 1930, the Montclair branch of the Oakland Public Library was opened on Mountain Blvd. near Thornhill Dr. to serve the growing village.
Leimert Blvd. between Park Blvd. & Clemens Road Sept. 30, 1980 41 Glenview Branch Library: 4231 Park Boulevard Sept. 30, 1980: February 25, 1997 42 Asa White House: 604 East 17th Street November 4, 1980 43 Carnegie Libraries: (a) Golden Gate Branch (b) Melrose Branch (c) Temescal Branch (d) 23rd Avenue Branch (a) 5606 San Pablo Avenue
It developed after Mountain View Cemetery opened in 1863, bringing visitors and public transportation. [2] The area was annexed into Oakland in 1897. [3] The Key System ran their C Line streetcar down Piedmont between 41st Street and Grave Avenue, with passenger operations running between 1924 and 1958. [4] [5]
Oakland Library may refer to: Oakland Public Library, in Oakland, California; African American Museum and Library at Oakland, in Oakland, California; Oakland Public Library, in Oakland, Maine; Oakland Library, a branch of the Lee County Library in Georgia
Oakland’s homicides dropped to 75 in 2018 — its second-lowest total in more than half a century. One of the nonprofits that helped run Ceasefire estimated that 140 lives were saved over five ...
(The Berkeley Public Library also has a tool-lending library at their nearby South Branch.) The Temescal branch of the Oakland Public Library operates this facility, which lends tools, free of charge, to library patrons for repairs and home-improvement projects. The Tool Lending Library also has instructional materials (books, videos, etc.) and ...