37°46′3.58″N 122°11′46.04″W / 37.7676611°N 122.1961222°W / 37.7676611; -122.1961222 Seminary is a neighborhood in the East Oakland section of Oakland, California. It is located just north of the Elmhurst neighborhood. Seminary's ZIP code is 94621. It is best known for its close proximity to Mills College.

Entrance to Mills College, Seminary Avenue

Seminary is named after Mills College. The main street running through the neighborhood, today's Seminary Avenue, was the main route from the bayshore to the college, which was known at the time as "The Young Ladies' Seminary." More recent proposed names for the area include Heartlands, Baja Maxwell Park, and Lower Millsmont. These proposed changes have been criticized as part of gentrification.[1][2] The area, especially along Seminary Avenue, is considered to be in the "killing zone" or "kill zone" due to violence.[3][4]

Rapper Philthy Rich was born and raised in this neighborhood.[5]


References

  1. ^ BondGraham, Darwin (19 September 2018). "Gentrification Changed the Names of Oakland Neighborhoods". East Bay Express. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ Veklerov, Kimberly (2 February 2017). "East Oakland retail center promises change for neighborhood". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Trying to heal the 'killing zone'". East Bay Times. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  4. ^ ABC7. "Six people shot, including innocent bystander in Oakland | ABC7 San Francisco | abc7news.com". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 2020-07-31.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Walter, Shoshana (2012-02-18). "Anti-Violence Groups Hire Mentors With Criminal Records". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-31.




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