Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
9777 Golf Links Rd., Oakland.
&
510/632-9525.
www.oaklandzoo.org. Admission $11 adults 15-54, $7
seniors 55+ and children 2-14, free children under 2. Car parking is $6. Daily 10am-4pm. (Children's area
and rides open at 11am.) Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas .
To get ther e:
By BAR T: Exit at the C oli-
seum/Oakland Airport; take the AC Transit Bus #56 (90th Ave./Seminary) to Mountain Blvd. and Golf Links
Rd. By car: Take I-80 East, merge onto I-580 E toward CA-24/Downtown Oakland/Hayward-Stockton. Exit
at Golf Links Rd/98th Ave.; turn left onto Golf Links Rd.
Paramount Theatre
A trip to this theater, built in 1931, will take you back to the age
of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. Built in Art Deco style, the restored theater is used
for concerts, plays, old Hollywood films, and often the O akland symphony. It still has an
original Wurlitzer organ that is play ed before all films and some other ev ents. Tours are
offered at 10am on the first and third Saturdays of the month, excluding holiday weekends.
Tour tickets ar e $5 each; childr en must be at least 10 y ears old and accompanied b y an
adult. Call or check the w ebsite for specific dates and prices of other ev ents.
2025 Broadway (at 21st St.).
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510/465-6400
(24-hr. recorded hot line), or 510/893-2300 (office). www.
paramounttheatre.com. Tickets available at the box office (open Tues-Fri 11am-5:30pm, Sat 11am-3pm)
or through Ticketmaster.
To get there:
By BART: Exit at the 19th St. station. The theater is about
1
/
2
block
north of the station. By car: Take I-880 to the Broadway exit. Turn left on Broadway. The theater will be on
the left, around 20th St.
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JACK LONDON SQUARE
Built as a riv al port to S an Francisco, Jack London S quare has an enviable location on
the waterfront, steps from the pier where the Alameda/Oakland Ferry lands. Filled with
lots of chain restaurants, souvenir shops, and a multiplex cinema, the square could be put
to better use, but it is a convenient place from which to explore the immediate surround-
ings and get a great view of the Bay Bridge on a clear day.
You could drive, but a more fun way to get to Jack London Square is by a 40-minute
ferry ride. Board the
Alameda/Oakland ferry
at Pier 39 or the Ferry Building. Round-
trip fares are $13 for adults and $7 for kids 5 to 12. For a schedule, contact Blue & Gold
Fleet (
&
415/773-1188;
www.blueandgoldfleet.com).
By car, take I-880 from the Bay Bridge. Exit at the Broadway/Alameda off ramp. Make
a right on Adelaide Street, a left on 3rd Street, and continue 12 blocks to Broadway and
turn right. Lot parking is available.
By BART, exit at 12th Street/Downtown Oakland. Take a bus from the station or try
the free downtown shuttle that r uns weekdays between 11am and 2pm betw een Broad-
way and Jack London Square.
WHAT TO SEE
A t the
USS
Potomac's
Floating Museum
(
&
510/627-1215;
www.
usspotomac.org), Franklin Delano Roosevelt's restored presidential yacht is open y ear-
round for dockside tours. Tours run on Wednesday and F riday between 10:30am and
2:30pm, Sunday noon to 3pm. Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more, and
appreciated even for smaller groups. Tour admission is $10 for ages 13 to 59, $8 seniors
60 and o ver, free for kids 12 and under . Two-hour histor y cr uises around the bay ar e
offered on alternating weeks Thursday and Saturday at 11am, from May to mid-Novem-
ber. Tickets are $45 adults, $40 seniors 60 and o ver, $25 children 6 to 12, fr ee for kids
under 6. A 15-minute video accompanies the tour . Advanced ticket purchase is recom-
mended and can be done by calling the number listed above or online at www.ticketweb.
com). In addition, several tours to Angel I sland and other inter esting places on the bay
are scheduled each year between May and November (these tend to run $65/adult, $60/
senior, and $40/kids under 12).
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