Oakland is an officially recognized

neighborhood of Atlanta : The city of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, Subdivision (land), subdivisions, or groups of subdivisions. The ...

consisting of only four blocks. It is bounded by: * the

Downtown Connector In Downtown Atlanta, the Downtown Connector or 75/85 (pronounced "seventy-five eighty-five") is the concurrent section of Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 through the core of the city. Beginning at the I-85/ Langford Parkway interchang ...

freeway on the west, across which is

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and the

Georgia State Capitol The Georgia State Capitol is an architecturally and historically significant building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The building has been named a National Historic Landmark which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As t ...

building * Grant Street on the east, across which is one block of the

Grant Park (Atlanta) Grant Park refers to the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, as well as the Victorian neighborhood surrounding it. Park Grant Park is a 131-acre green space and recreational area and is the fourth-largest park in the city, b ...

neighborhood and then the historic

Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta) Oakland Cemetery is one of the largest cemetery Open space reserve, green spaces in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, U.S. Founded as Atlanta Cemetery in 1850 on six acres (2.4 hectares) of land southeast of the city, it was renamed i ...

* Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and the

and Capitol Gateway neighborhoods on the south * the

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east-west rail line on the north 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;Mattress Factory
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{{Coord, 33.748029, -84.380253, region:US-GA, display=title Neighborhoods in Atlanta