Jack London Square is a popular tourist attraction on the waterfront of Oakland, California. Named after the author Jack London and owned by the Port of Oakland, it is the home of stores, hotels, an Amtrak station, a ferry dock, the historic Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, the (re-located) cabin Jack London lived in, and a movie theater. A farmer's market is hosted among the retail shops on Sunday mornings. Jack London Square is located at the south end of Broadway, across the Oakland Estuary from Alameda. The name has also come to refer to the formerly industrial neighborhood surrounding Jack London Square proper now known as Jack London District, which has undergone a significant amount of loft conversion and new construction over the last decade. Former Oakland mayor Jerry Brown made his home here before moving north to the Uptown neighborhood. KTVU (Channel 2), the Bay Area's Fox affiliate, has had studios at the Square since it began broadcasting in April 1958.
See also
 Jack London docks at dawn, summertime |
External links
- Official website
- Jack London Interactive Map: Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau
- The Jack London District Association
- The Jack London News
- Jack London Square is at coordinates Coordinates:
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| Landmarks | Alameda County Courthouse · Children's Fairyland · Dunsmuir House · The HERETHERE sculpture · Jack London Square · Pardee Home · Rockridge Market Hall · USS Potomac (AG-25) · Tribune Tower |
| Museums | African American Museum and Library at Oakland · Chabot Space and Science Center · Oakland Museum of California · Museum of Children's Art |
| Zoos & Parks | Anthony Chabot Regional Park · Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve · Joaquin Miller Park · Knowland Park · Lake Temescal · Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve · Oakland Zoo · Redwood Regional Park · Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve · Temescal Regional Park |
| Entertainment | Oakland Metro An Opera House · Grand Lake Theater · Paramount Theater |
| Sports | Oakland Athletics · Oakland Raiders · Golden State Warriors · McAfee Coliseum · Oracle Arena |
| Shopping Centers | Oakland City Center · Chinatown · Rockridge, Oakland, California |
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| Downtown and Lake Merritt | Adams Point · Chinatown · City Center · Crocker Highlands · Grand Lake · Jack London Square · Lakeside Apartments District · Old Oakland · Trestle Glen · Uptown |
| East Oakland | Dimond District · Elmhurst · Fruitvale · Glenview · Grass Valley · Laurel · Maxwell Park · Oakmore · Redwood Heights · Ridgemont · San Antonio · Seminary · Sequoyah Heights |
| North Oakland and Montclair | Claremont · Golden Gate · Longfellow · Montclair · Piedmont Avenue · Piedmont Pines · Rockridge · Santa Fe · Temescal |
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