Maxwell Park is a
neighborhood
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in
Oakland, California located in the foothills of the city. It is geographically bordered by MacArthur Boulevard, High Street, Trask Street, Foothill Boulevard, and 55th Avenue and is adjacent to
Mills College,
I-580, Brookdale Park, and the Fairfax neighborhood. It lies at an elevation of from 138 feet to its highest point of 266 feet on Knowland Ave (42 m).
Many of the homes in the neighborhood have panoramic views of the
Oakland Hills
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to the north,
Alameda and the
San Francisco Bay
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San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...
to the west.
History
The area is named after its developer, John P. Maxwell. The original development area was bounded by 55th Avenue, Trask Street, Monticello Avenue and Camden Street.
The land was opened zoned for development on May 7, 1921, and Burritt and Shealey, the main developers were the same developers from many of the homes in the nearby upscale enclave of
Piedmont.
Nearby
streetcar transportation and a salubrious climate were cardinal selling points. It is in
East Oakland's justly famed 'warm belt'. The streetcars were eventually replaced by
AC Transit
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buses in 1960. Line 47 provides community service in the neighborhood from 55th Avenue and Trask Street to the
Fruitvale BART station; lines 57 and NL provide service near the neighborhood on MacArthur Boulevard.
Notable Places
*Maxwell Park (a city park)
*
Fremont High School
*Home of Peace Cemetery
*
Mills College
*Melrose Leadership Academy
*Urban Montessori Charter School
*Courtland Creek
See also
*
Laurel, Oakland
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California
Streetcar suburbs
Populated places established in 1921
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