Oakland (not to be confused with Oakland City in southwestern Atlanta) is an officially recognized neighborhood of Atlanta consisting of only four blocks. It is bounded by:
the Downtown Connector freeway on the west, across which is Downtown Atlanta and the Georgia State Capitol buildingGrant Street on the east, across which is one block of the Grant Park (Atlanta) neighborhood and then the historic Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and the Grant Park (Atlanta) and Capitol Gateway neighborhoods on the souththe MARTA east-west rail line on the northOakland contains:
the disused Corey smokestackMattress Factory Lofts, site of the former Southern Spring Bedding factory, with some buildings built as far back as 1864Crown Candy Lofts
