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  2. List of parks in Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Oak Glen Park. This page shows a list of parks in Oakland, California. [1]25th Street Mini Park — 0.28 acres (1,100 m 2) — 25th Street, Oakland, CA; 85th Avenue Mini Park — 0.33 acres (1,300 m 2) — 1712 85th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621

  3. History of Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    The city and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s. In 1868, the Central Pacific constructed the Oakland Long Wharf at Oakland Point, the site of today's Port of Oakland. The Daily Alta California recognized this meant Oakland was to become the "future Jersey City of the Pacific ...

  4. Rancho San Antonio (Peralta) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Dunsmuir House - Wikipedia

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    The Dunsmuir House and Gardens (also known by the name The Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate and previously known as Oakvale Park) is located in Oakland, California on a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) site. The Dunsmuir House has a neoclassical-revival architectural style and is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .

  6. List of Oakland Designated Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    Oakland Chinese Presbyterian Church & Annex: 265-73 8th Street May 3, 1994 116 St. Paul's Episcopal Church: 114 Montecito Avenue May 24, 1994 117 University High School / North Oakland Senior Center: 5714 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 118 Temple Sinai: 362 28th Street December 13, 1994 119 Oakland Museum of California: 1000 Oak Street

  7. San Antonio, Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Oakland Heritage Alliance - Wikipedia

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    Oakland Heritage Alliance (OHA) is an American non-profit organization based in Oakland, California. OHA advocates the preservation of Oakland's historical sites and "cultural, natural, and architectural heritage", [ 1 ] organizes walking tours and lectures, [ 2 ] and monitors new development projects.

  9. Temescal, Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    The Temescal Pool on 45th St. in Oakland. The earliest telegraph wire from Oakland to Sacramento went through the area, up Claremont Avenue and over the hills at Claremont Canyon. 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.