Seminary, Oakland, California

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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.

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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.{{Cite news|last=BondGraham|first=Darwin|date=19 September 2018|title=Gentrification Changed the Names of Oakland Neighborhoods|work=East Bay Express|url=https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/gentrification-changed-the-names-of-oakland-neighborhoods/Content?oid=20313470|access-date=31 July 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Veklerov|first=Kimberly|date=2 February 2017|title=East Oakland retail center promises change for neighborhood|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/East-Oakland-retail-center-promises-change-for-10904619.php#photo-12283257|access-date=31 July 2020}} The area, especially along Seminary Avenue, is considered to be in the "killing zone" or "kill zone" due to violence.{{Cite web|date=2006-01-01|title=Trying to heal the 'killing zone'|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/01/01/trying-to-heal-the-killing-zone-2/|access-date=2020-07-31|website=East Bay Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=ABC7|title=Six people shot, including innocent bystander in Oakland {{!}} ABC7 San Francisco {{!}} abc7news.com|url=https://abc7news.com/archive/7880091/|access-date=2020-07-31|website=ABC7 San Francisco|language=en}}

Rapper Philthy Rich was born and raised in this neighborhood.{{Cite news|last=Walter|first=Shoshana|date=2012-02-18|title=Anti-Violence Groups Hire Mentors With Criminal Records|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/anti-violence-groups-hire-mentors-with-criminal-records.html|access-date=2020-07-31|issn=0362-4331}}