Oakland, Atlanta

Corey smokestack in the Oakland neighborhood of Atlanta

Oakland (not to be confused with Oakland City in southwestern Atlanta) 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]
Crown Candy Lofts

References

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Downtown	Castleberry Hill Fairlie-Poplar Centennial Hill Hotel District Five Points Luckie Marietta Peachtree Center SoNo South Downtown

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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

Southwest	Adair Park Adamsville Ashview Heights Ben Hill Capitol View Capitol View Manor Cascade Heights Collier Heights Fort McPherson Greenbriar Hunter Hills Just Us Mechanicsville Midwest Cascade Oakland City Perkerson Peyton Forest Pittsburgh Sylvan Hills Venetian Hills West End Westview

Northwest	Bankhead The Bluff Carey Park Center Hill Dixie Hills English Avenue Grove Park Hunter Hills Mozley Park Riverside Scotts Crossing Vine City Washington Park West Lake Whittier Mill Village

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Coordinates: 33°44′53″N 84°22′49″W / 33.748029°N 84.380253°W / 33.748029; -84.380253

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