Named after the oak groves that graces the entire lower East Bay area of San
Francisco Bay, Oakland has lived up to a reputation of being recognized as among the
greenest city in America. Located at the west coast of San Francisco Bay, Oakland is
the seat of Alameda County, California and a major port in its region. Incorporated in
1852, it has then emerged as a major commercial hub in the East Bay area.
Amazingly features an assortment of 100 languages and dialects, Oakland’s cultural
attributes cannot be underestimated. Owing to its strategic position during the Gold
Rush era, the ethnic diversity of its people gives the city not just character but the
strength emanating from the richness of its culture.
History
Just like most of San Francisco Bay the territorial area occupied by Oakland once
belongs to Ohlone American Indians, a people who then have a proud heritage of 5,000
years before the European supplanted it with their conquests. At the peak of the Gold
Rush era, the Oakland area became the camp site of other races. This is the beginning
of a multi-cultural society that developed and flourished in the city even to this very
moment.
Landscape
Oakland neighborhood forms a beautiful scenery on hillsides, majestically
complimented by its creative designs, waterfronts, lakes and many natural highlights.
Oakland’s panorama vis-à-vis a bustling urban activity is like paradise punctuated by
elaborate architectures. Blessed with among the friendliest climate in the country, it is
almost difficult not to be tempted to include it in the list of everyone’s summer getaway.
Arts
While to many Americans, the great San Francisco Earthquake was a tragedy, to
Oakland it became an artistic ignition. Rising to the occasion, majestic structures sprung
from the rubbles that eventually became landmark architectural treasures not only of
the city but of the country itself. Perhaps that phenomenon developed a tradition of
architectural ingenuity no less demonstrated by the bold and loud buildings gracing the
Oakland horizon nowadays.
Commerce
A major port and a competitive industrial chamber, ranging from food processing
to transportation, to tech companies, to pharmaceuticals, Oakland is as much a
commercial center as it is a natural wonder. With more and more companies choosing
to make it their headquarters, the city can boast of being at the crossing of trade
superhighways that has work magic not only to its economy but also to the culture of its
citizenry.
Destinations
Oakland can boast of its capacity to keep you busy if you are a visitor or tourist in
the city. Its array of destinations can simply be overwhelming. Fox Theatre Oakland,
Paramount Theatre Oakland, the historical USS Potomac, Jack London Cabin and
Square, Chabot Space and Science Center… that’s only naming quite a few. The city is
virtually one big attraction by itself.
A Possession
Owning a property in the city can eventually turn out into a possession. With everything
it has enticing you all the same time, from classy urban lifestyle, to techno edge, to
a peaceful comfort of a well-engineered residential community, you will in no time be
possessed by its allure.
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