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The history of Oakland, a city in the county of Alameda, California, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement by Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon in the 19th century. The area now known as Oakland had seen human occupation for thousands of years, but significant growth in the settlements that are now incorporated into ...
The Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate. 2960 Peralta Oaks Court May 27, 1980 38 Leona Park: Old Survivor Redwood Tree 39 Lake Merritt: Lake Merritt: July 8, 1980 40 Leimert Bridge: Leimert Blvd. between Park Blvd. & Clemens Road Sept. 30, 1980 41 Glenview Branch Library: 4231 Park Boulevard Sept. 30, 1980: February 25, 1997 42
San Antonio is a large district in Oakland, California, encompassing the land east of Lake Merritt to Sausal Creek.It is one of the most diverse areas of the city. [1] It takes its name from Rancho San Antonio, the name of the land as granted to Luís María Peralta by the last Spanish governor of California.
Kellersberger's Map is a plat map created in 1854 of Rancho San Antonio on the northeastern shore lands, the Contra Costa of San Francisco Bay, in present day Alameda County, California. The area surveyed today comprises the entire extent of the cities of Berkeley and Albany , and the northern part of Oakland, including its downtown and waterfront.
Rancho San Antonio, also known as the Peralta Grant, was a 44,800-acre (181 km 2) land grant by Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá, the last Spanish governor of California, to Don Luís María Peralta, a sergeant in the Spanish Army and later, commissioner of the Pueblo of San José, in recognition of his forty years of service.
Peralta Park — 4.08 acres (16,500 m 2) — 94 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA Piedmont Plaza Park — 0.03 acres (120 m 2 ) — 4182 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611 Pine Knoll Park — 1.33 acres (5,400 m 2 ) — Lakeshore Ave & Hanover Ave, Oakland, CA
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.
Temescal was the site of agriculture, cattle grazing and greenhouses when, in the 1890s, an opera house was built in parkland north of the creek crossing at 51st street. The area grew and was developed into Idora Park, the earliest "trolley park" in the East Bay. In 1929 the amusement park was closed and was razed in 1930.