Jack London Square
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Coordinates: 37°47′39″N 122°16′29″W / 37.7942°N 122.2747°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Alameda |
City | Oakland |
It has been suggested that Jack London District, Oakland, California be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2024. |
Jack London Square is an entertainment and business destination on the waterfront of Oakland, California, United States. Named after the author Jack London and owned by the Port of Oakland, it is the home of stores, restaurants, hotels, Amtrak's Jack London Square station, a San Francisco Bay Ferry ferry dock, the historic Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, the (re-located) cabin where Jack London lived in the Klondike, and a movie theater. A farmer's market is hosted among the retail shops on Sunday mornings. The former presidential yacht USS Potomac is moored at an adjacent slip.[1]
History
The area between Broadway, Webster, First Street (Embarcadero) and the estuary was named Jack London Square in 1951. On May 1, 1951, the area was formally dedicated and a plaque placed at the foot of Broadway.[2]
Geography
Jack London Square is located at the south end of Broadway, across the Oakland Estuary from Alameda.[citation needed]
The name has also come to refer to the formerly industrial neighborhood surrounding Jack London Square now known as the
Former California Governor (and former Oakland mayor) Jerry Brown made his home here before moving north to the Uptown neighborhood.[citation needed]
Tenants and businesses
KTVU (Channel 2), the Bay Area's Fox affiliate, has had studios at the Square since it began broadcasting on March 3, 1958, and the offices of the Port of Oakland are located there as well. The Square was also the temporary home of the Oakland Tribune from 1989 to 1996 after the newspaper was forced to abandon the landmark downtown Tribune Tower due to damage it sustained in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.[3]
Other businesses at Jack London Square range from the
Railways and transit
A mainline railroad
Design and development
Jack London Square's most recent changes are adding more businesses, restaurants, and entertainment. Under lead developer Ellis Partners, Jack London Square's new architecture and public spaces are adding to the daytime and nighttime population and use. Recent[when?] new components include the 55 Harrison building, a 178,000-square-foot (16,500 m2) mid-rise by RMW Architects in association with Steve Worthington. The public spaces by SWA Group extended the city to the waterfront by adding accessible waterfront spaces supporting a variety of programs and events from farmers markets to the popular festivals and events.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "National Park Service / USS Potomac".
- ^ Oakland Tribune, May 2, 1951, p.34
- ISBN 9780738546780.
- ^ Article from S.F. Business Times
- ^ "Oakland's Jack London Square: Everything changes but the literary history". The Mercury News. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "RailPictures.Net » Jack London Square". www.railpictures.net. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Swan, Rachel (2019-07-03). "How to get to the A's proposed ballpark? Oakland council nervously counts the ways - SFChronicle.com". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ King, John (2013-02-19). Giving Jack London Square a nip and tuck. SF Gate, 19 February 2013. Retrieved from http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/Giving-Jack-London-Square-a-nip-and-tuck-4290563.php.