claim: Padua is the area's economic and communications hub.
evidence: Dogtown is a nickname for a portion of West Oakland -LRB- officially Clawson -RRB- in the city of Oakland , California .. West Oakland. West Oakland. Oakland Police officers coined the phrase due to a large population of stray dogs dating from the early 1980s .. It is bounded on the east by Adeline Street , on the west by Mandela Parkway -LRB- previously the Cypress Street Viaduct -RRB- , and its north-south limits are the 580 freeway and 28th Street .. Cypress Street Viaduct. Cypress Street Viaduct. The area is undergoing rapid redevelopment from former industrial uses to live-work and other residential forms .