Oakland Point, Oakland, California

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Historic photograph of a train at Oakland Point from 1860/1870 era

Oakland Point, in Oakland, California, USA, was a terminus of the first transcontinental railroad,^[1] with an extensive service yard located at Oakland Point at this location the Oakland Long Wharf was constructed, from which point rail cars were ferried to San Francisco starting in 1872.^[2] The neighborhood near Oakland Point was of the most intact Victorian districts in California, and was a thriving socially and ethnically mixed neighborhood in the late 1800s.^[3]

Gentrification has made Oakland Point a sought after area to live in Oakland because of its proximity to Emeryville and easy access to the San Francisco Bay Bridge.^{[citation needed]}

Community organization, Prescott-Oakland Point Neighborhood Association and the theater troupe Lower Bottom Players have both evolved from the Oakland Point area.

[edit] References

^ Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, by George A. Crofutt, p 199 (1880), Google Book Search.
^ "A Long Wharf with a Massive Mole" from A Brief History of Oakland (1994) by Robert Douglass
^ Oakland Walking Tours, Oakland, California