Corey smokestack in the Oakland neighborhood of 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]
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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.