Oakmore is a
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
in
Oakland,
California
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located east of Park Boulevard and north of
Dimond Park Dimond may refer to:
People
* Anthony Dimond (1881–1953), American politician, U.S. House delegate from Alaska (1933–1945)
* Bobby Dimond (fl. 1940s–1950s), Australian rugby league footballer
* Diane Dimond (born 1952), American investigativ ...
. This neighborhood was built in the 1920s and 1930s for people who worked in
San Francisco
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and took the
Key Route to work. The Key System was a primary user of the
Leimert Bridge
Leimert Bridge is located in the Oakmore neighborhood of Oakland, California. It spans and is high above Sausal Creek. It is a cement and steel arch bridge. When it was built in 1926, it was the largest single-span bridge on the West Coast. Th ...
, which connects Oakmore to Park Boulevard.
Per citidata.com and realestate surveys such as trulia and zillow, Oakmore demographics skew generally upper-middle class and, as of 2014, the area boasts a median home price of $750,000. However, Upper Oakmore represents an even greater concentration of affluence, as this section of Oakmore has, since its inception, featured large, architecturally outstanding hillside estates, many of which now have earned multimillion-dollar listings and rival the mansions and estates found in Oakland's better known upper-end neighborhoods such as Crocker Highlands, Montclair-Piedmont Pines, and upper Rockridge/Claremont Pines.
External links
Oakmore.org- General Oakmore neighborhood information
Neighborhoods in Oakland, California
Streetcar suburbs
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