Oakland, 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]

Corey smokestack in the Oakland neighborhood of Atlanta

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

1. "NPU W", City of Atlanta Archived November 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
2. .Mattress Factory