location opened. 81st Avenue (2011), 1021 81st Avenue This branch is jointly operated with the Oakland Unified School District and serves two elementary schools as well as the neighborhood. Construction funding included grants through the California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 (aka Proposition 14). Asian (1976, current location 1995), 388 9th Street Brookfield (1957, current location 1992), 9255 Edes Avenue César E. Chávez (1966, current location 2004), 3301 East 12th Street, Suite 271 This branch, now named after worker rights activist César E. Chávez, was formerly named the Latin American Library Branch, and was established in 1966. It was one of the first public libraries in the United States to offer services and materials in Spanish, and was the first library branch exclusively dedicated to the Spanish-speaking community in the United States. Dimond (1915, current location 1980), 3565 Fruitvale Avenue Eastmont (1945, current location 1998), Eastmont Town Center, 7200 Bancroft Avenue, Suite 211 Elmhurst (1911, current location 1949), 1427 88th Avenue Golden Gate (1899, current location 1949), 5606 San Pablo Avenue Lakeview (1930, current location 1949), 550 El Embarcadero Martin Luther King Jr. (1970), 6833 International Boulevard This branch, now named after civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., was originally established in 1916; it was named the Lockwood Branch in 1929. In 1970, it was replaced by a new facility, which is the present library. It features a black history collection, containing books written by or about people of African descent. Melrose (1911, current location 1916), 4805 Foothill Boulevard One of four Carnegie Library Branches in Oakland that were built between 1916-1918, thanks to the Carnegie grant of $140,000. Because of the early donation of the land, Melrose Branch was able to begin its construction before the war, and with $35,000 (¼ of the grant) of the funding the Carnegie architect William H. Weeks was able to add more resources to use more materials such as including a marble lined foyer, compared to the construction of the other 3 sites. The Classical Revival style was designed by William H. Weeks, and C. Christensen. The Classical Revival building is in the form of two rectangles set at angles with a generous rotunda between. This Branch is a historic Landmark. The ordinance date is November 4, 1980. Montclair (1930), 1687 Mountain Boulevard Piedmont Avenue (1912, current location 2012), 80 Echo Avenue This