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| The '''Piedmont Avenue''' ] is a district in North ]. It is named after Piedmont Avenue, the main commercial street of the district. The neighborhood is bounded by Broadway on the west, Oakland Avenue and ] (a separate municipality, an ] within Oakland) on the East, the Mountain View Cemetery on the north, and the MacArthur Freeway (Interstate 580) on the south. | |||
| '''Piedmont Avenue''' is a ] in North ]. It is also the name of the ] which surrounds the street. | |||
| Piedmont Avenue the street stretches diagonally from Broadway to Ramona Avenue, one block above Pleasant Valley (51st Street), and the Piedmont Avenue neighborhood is generally considered to reach laterally from Broadway to Oakland Avenue and the border to the ], which is a separate, land-locked municipality within Oakland. | |||
| Piedmont Avenue Elementary School, located north of the business district, has grades Kindergarten through 5th. Attendance is roughly 350; average class size about 20. Average test scores are somewhat below average for American schools, but have been improving in recent years. The Catholic Church of Saint Leo the Great also operates a school on Piedmont Avenue. | Piedmont Avenue Elementary School, located north of the business district, has grades Kindergarten through 5th. Attendance is roughly 350; average class size about 20. Average test scores are somewhat below average for American schools, but have been improving in recent years. The Catholic Church of Saint Leo the Great also operates a school on Piedmont Avenue. | ||
| There are several landmarks in the area. The center of the Piedmont Avenue commercial strip is a ]-designed 1916 red brick building, the Fred C. Turner Stores, which is |
There are several landmarks in the area. The center of the Piedmont Avenue commercial strip is a ]-designed 1916 red brick building, the Fred C. Turner Stores, which is at the corner of 40th St. and Piedmont Avenue. Next door is the location of the first ] store, which is now home to a tapas bar. At the north end of Piedmont Avenue and Pleasant Valley Avenue is the hillside ], which was designed by ] and contains the Julia Morgan designed Chapel of the Chimes. ]'s flagship hospital is located in the southern part of the neighborhood. | ||
| Piedmont Avenue was once the terminus of the ]'s C line. The station building at 41st Street is still there, but a parking lot now occupies the land where the tracks were. ] |
Piedmont Avenue was once the terminus of the ]'s C line. The station building at 41st Street is still there, but a parking lot now occupies the land where the tracks were. Several ] bus lines now serve the neighborhood. | ||
| A small park east of Piedmont Avenue contains an open-air section of Glen Echo Creek. | |||
| One of the hidden jewels of the neighborhood is Glen Echo Creek, located 1/2 a block south of the avenue. Many local residents are not aware of the park's existence, due to its quirky location and small size.{{pov-statement}} | |||
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The Piedmont Avenue commercial area features numerous locally-owned small businesses, including shops, bars and restaurants, an independent movie theater, and a many specialty stores. There are several coffee and tea houses and a number of restaurants with diverse types of food. There is a full-service grocery and several smaller food stores. | ||
| Piedmont Avenue is a haven for caffeine addicts.{{pov-statement}} Gaylord's Cafe Espresso (formerly known as Uncle Gaylord's) and ] have both been in the neighborhood since the 1980s. ] arrived more recently, directly across from Gaylord's. There are also a few other cafes. | |||
| There are many specialty stores on Piedmont Ave. There is a video store, and a store that sells instruments and operates a music school. There is an independent stationery store. | |||
| The Piedmont Theater is a small movie theater, owned by ], that typically shows ] and foreign films. | |||
| The area is also a haven for diners, with Ethiopean, Mexican, Indian, Caribbean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and many other types of food available within a small area.{{pov-statement}} There are small independent grocery stores lining the street | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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The Piedmont Avenue neighborhood is a district in North Oakland, California. It is named after Piedmont Avenue, the main commercial street of the district. The neighborhood is bounded by Broadway on the west, Oakland Avenue and City of Piedmont (a separate municipality, an enclave within Oakland) on the East, the Mountain View Cemetery on the north, and the MacArthur Freeway (Interstate 580) on the south.
Piedmont Avenue Elementary School, located north of the business district, has grades Kindergarten through 5th. Attendance is roughly 350; average class size about 20. Average test scores are somewhat below average for American schools, but have been improving in recent years. The Catholic Church of Saint Leo the Great also operates a school on Piedmont Avenue.
There are several landmarks in the area. The center of the Piedmont Avenue commercial strip is a Julia Morgan-designed 1916 red brick building, the Fred C. Turner Stores, which is at the corner of 40th St. and Piedmont Avenue. Next door is the location of the first Longs Drugs store, which is now home to a tapas bar. At the north end of Piedmont Avenue and Pleasant Valley Avenue is the hillside Mountain View Cemetery, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and contains the Julia Morgan designed Chapel of the Chimes. Kaiser Permanente's flagship hospital is located in the southern part of the neighborhood.
Piedmont Avenue was once the terminus of the Key System's C line. The station building at 41st Street is still there, but a parking lot now occupies the land where the tracks were. Several AC Transit bus lines now serve the neighborhood.
A small park east of Piedmont Avenue contains an open-air section of Glen Echo Creek.
The Piedmont Avenue commercial area features numerous locally-owned small businesses, including shops, bars and restaurants, an independent movie theater, and a many specialty stores. There are several coffee and tea houses and a number of restaurants with diverse types of food. There is a full-service grocery and several smaller food stores.
External links
- Template:Geolinks-US-hoodscale
- Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Community List
- Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Improvement League
- Interactive Map - Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau
- East Bay Neighborhoods: Piedmont Avenue, Oakland - Guide from the San Francisco Chronicle
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Echo Creek
- Oakland City Councilmember Jane Brunner, who represents the Piedmont Avenue neighborhood
