Dogtown, Oakland, California

For other uses, see Dogtown (disambiguation).

Dogtown is a nickname for a portion of West Oakland (officially Clawson) in the city of Oakland, California. Oakland Police officers coined the phrase due to a large population of stray dogs dating from the early 1980s. It is bounded on the east by Adeline Street, on the west by Mandela Parkway (previously the Cypress Street Viaduct), and its north-south limits are the 580 freeway and 28th Street. The area is undergoing rapid redevelopment from former industrial uses to live-work and other residential forms.^[1]

History

The neighborhood was populated by African Americans who had settled there from the Southern US during World War II to work in the Bay Area's shipyards, which no longer exist. It housed a Del Monte cannery, which was demolished by the late 1970s.

References

↑ City of Oakland Planning Commission report, retrieved 2007

Oakland, California neighborhoods

Downtown / Lake Merritt	Adams Point Chinatown City Center Civic Center Crocker Highlands Grand Lake Jack London District Jack London Square Lakeside Apartments District Old Oakland Trestle Glen Uptown Cleveland Heights

East Oakland	Dimond District Eastmont Elmhurst Fruitvale Glenview Grass Valley Havenscourt Jingletown Laurel Millsmont Maxwell Park Redwood Heights Ridgemont San Antonio Seminary Sequoyah Heights Sobrante Park

North Oakland	Bushrod Park Golden Gate Koreatown Longfellow Piedmont Avenue Rockridge Santa Fe Temescal

West Oakland	Acorn Cypress Village Dogtown Ghost Town Lower Bottoms Oakland Point

Oakland Hills	Claremont Montclair Piedmont Pines Oakmore Joaquin Miller Park Mountain View Cemetery Sequoyah Heights Panoramic Hill

Coordinates: 37°49′28″N 122°17′10″W / 37.8245°N 122.286°W / 37.8245; -122.286

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