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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Attractions in Oakland, California


AXIS Dance Company
Chabot Space and Science Center
Children's Fairyland
Chinatown
Dunsmuir House
Fox Oakland Theatre, reopened: pending tour information TBA.
Jack London Square
Lake Merritt, Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Oldest wildlife/bird sanctuary in North America, Lake Merritt Garden Center, Bonsai Garden
Mountain View Cemetery, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and resting place of many famous Californians
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, home of baseball’s Oakland Athletics, and the Oakland Raiders of the NFL
Oakland Aviation Museum
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Public Library
Oakland Zoo
Oracle Arena, directly adjacent to the Oakland Coliseum, home to the Golden State Warriors of the NBA
Paramount Theatre
Pardee Home
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Museum of History and Culture
Preservation Park
USS Potomac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential yacht




Nightlife


Downtown Oakland has an assortment of bars and nightclubs. They include dive bars, dance clubs, modern lounges and jazz bars. The Paramount Theater features headlining musical tours and productions, while Fox Oakland Theatre draws various musical genres including jam bands, rock, punk, blues, jazz, and reggae. The Paramount and Fox theaters often book simultaneous events creating busy nights uptown.
Oakland is home to a world-class jazz venue, Yoshi's, near Jack London Square. Jack London Square is a nighttime destination with its movie theaters, restaurants, and clubs. Recent years have seen the growth of the "Oakland Art Murmur" event, occurring in the Uptown neighborhood the first Friday evening of every month.




"There is no there there"




The HERETHERE sculpture on the Oakland/Berkeley border
Oakland has been made famous from a quote by writer Gertrude Stein in her 1937 book Everybody's Autobiography: "There is no there there." Originally declared upon learning as an adult her childhood home in Oakland had been torn down, over time the quote has become misconstrued to represent the city of Oakland itself.
Modern-day Oakland has turned the quote on its head, with a statue downtown simply titled "There." Additionally, in 2005 a sculpture called HERETHERE was installed by the City of Berkeley on the Berkeley-Oakland border at Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The sculpture consists of eight-foot-tall letters spelling "HERE" and "THERE" in front of the BART tracks as they descend from their elevated section in Oakland to the subway through Berkeley




Professional sports


Oakland has teams in three professional sports: Basketball, baseball, and football.
Club Sport Founded League Venue
Oakland Athletics Baseball 1901 (in Oakland since 1968) Major League Baseball: American League. AL West Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Oakland Raiders American Football 1960 (in Los Angeles from 1982–1994) National Football League: American Conference. AFC West Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Golden State Warriors Basketball 1946 (In Oakland since 1971) National Basketball Association: Western Conference. Pacific Division Oracle Arena




The Oakland Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics baseball and Oakland Raiders football teams
Oakland's former sports teams include:
Oakland Oaks, Pacific Coast League of Baseball, 1903–1955. (The Oaks played at Oaks Park in Emeryville after 1912.)
Oakland Oaks, American Basketball League, 1962.
Oakland Oaks, American Basketball Association, 1967–1969.
Oakland Seals, National Hockey League, 1967–1976.
Oakland Clippers, North American Soccer League, 1968.
Oakland Stompers, North American Soccer League, 1978.
Oakland Invaders, United States Football League, 1983–1985.
Oakland Skates, Roller Hockey International, 1993–1996.
Oakland Slammers, International Basketball League, 2005–2006.






Parks and recreation






J. Mora Moss House in Mosswood Park was built in 1864 by San Francisco businessman Joseph Moravia Moss in the Carpenter Gothic style. The building houses Parks and Recreation offices and storage.


Parks
Oakland has many parks including:
Joaquin Miller Park
Joseph Knowland State Arboretum and Park, home of the Oakland Zoo
Lake Merritt
Morcom Rose Garden best from July through October
Mosswood Park
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, headquarters of the Peralta rancho, Rancho San Antonio
William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Campus Arboretum, located on the Mills College campus
Additionally, the following seven East Bay Regional Parks are located entirely or partially in the city of Oakland:
Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
Redwood Regional Park
Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Roberts Regional Recreation Area
Temescal Regional Park



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