Oakland, Atlanta

Oakland 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]

Corey smokestack in the Oakland neighborhood of Atlanta

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] and Crown Candy Lofts.

References

"NPU W", City of Atlanta Archived November 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Mattress Factory

Neighborhoods and districts of Atlanta
Downtown	Castleberry Hill Centennial Park District Fairlie–Poplar Centennial Hill Hotel District Five Points Peachtree Center SoNo South Downtown Whitehall Street Retail Historic District
Midtown	Ansley Park Atlantic Station Colony Square Fox Theatre Historic District Historic Midtown Home Park Sherwood Forest Technology Square
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Eastside	Atkins Park Cabbagetown Candler Park Druid Hills East Atlanta East Lake Edgewood Grant Park Glenwood Park Inman Park Kirkwood Lake Claire Lindridge/Martin Manor Little Five Points Morningside/Lenox Park North Ormewood Park Oakland Old Fourth Ward Ormewood Park Piedmont Heights Poncey–Highland Reynoldstown Sweet Auburn Virginia–Highland
Southeast	Benteen Park Boulevard Heights Chosewood Park High Point Joyland Lakewood Heights Peoplestown South Atlanta Summerhill
Westside	Adair Park Adamsville Ashview Heights Bankhead Ben Hill Capitol View Capitol View Manor Cascade Heights Center Hill Collier Heights Dixie Hills English Avenue Fort McPherson Greenbriar Hunter Hills Just Us Mechanicsville Midwest Cascade Mozley Park Oakland City Perkerson Peyton Forest Pittsburgh Sylvan Hills Venetian Hills Vine City Washington Park West End Westview
Upper Westside	Bolton Carey Park Grove Park Riverside Scotts Crossing Whittier Mill Village
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