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The City Hall is depicted on the city seal of Oakland. Oakland City Hall in 1917. The building was designed by New York–based architecture firm Palmer & Hornbostel in 1910, after winning a nationwide design competition. [5] The building, constructed in the Beaux-Arts style, resembles a "rectangular wedding cake". [5] It consists of three tiers.
A broad geographical distinction in Oakland neighborhoods is between "the hills" and "the flatlands" (or "flats"). The more affluent neighborhoods are located in the hills along the northeast side of the city, while neighborhoods are generally less prosperous the nearer they are located to San Francisco Bay.
In 1998, the Oakland City Council renamed City Hall Plaza as "Frank H. Ogawa Plaza" [10] in honor of Frank H. Ogawa, a civil rights leader [11] and the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland City Council. [10] Ogawa served on the Council from 1966 until his death in 1994. [12] The plaza displays a bronze bust of Ogawa.
The Downtown Oakland Historic District, in the Downtown Oakland area of Oakland, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included 43 contributing buildings, one contributing site and one contributing object. [1] [2] The district is a roughly L-shaped irregular area comprising about 11 city blocks.
The Coliseum, along with Oracle Arena and its surrounding parking lots, were owned 50% by the City of Oakland and 50% by the Athletics. [90] The Athletics purchased their 50% share in 2018 from Alameda County, after the City of Oakland dropped a lawsuit that attempted to block the sale. [90]
Rockridge is a residential neighborhood and commercial district in Oakland, California. Rockridge is generally defined as the area east of Telegraph Avenue, south of the Berkeley city limits, west of the Oakland Hills and north of the intersection of Pleasant Valley Avenue/51st Street and Broadway. Rockridge was listed by Money Magazine in 2002 ...
Oakland City Center in 2018. The Downtown Oakland [8] and Lake Merritt/Uptown District Associations [9] are community benefit districts that were formed in February 2009. Property owners in both Downtown Oakland and the Lake Merritt/Uptown Districts voted by a margin of almost 8 to 1 to support a voluntary property tax to fund services that ...
The Oakland City Council adopted a Bicycle Master Plan in 1999 as a part of the Land Use and Transportation (LUTE) element of Oakland's 1998 General Plan. The creation of the plan was to promote alternatives to the private automobile. [206] The Oakland City Council reaffirmed the bike plan in 2005, revised it in 2007, and reaffirmed it in 2012.