Jingletown is located in the East Side of Oakland, California. Today it is principally a Latino populated area, but Jingletown got its name from Portugese cannery workers who would walk home from canning fruits from Fruitvale when they got paid and they'd "jingle" their pockets to express their pride in their earnings.

Oakland's Jingletown section is currently thriving as one of the fastest growing arts districts in the San Francisco Bay area.

Among other notable artistic enterprises, it is the location of the only Institute of Mosaic Art in the United States. There are a large number of residential artists living in the converted lofts that are situated between the Park and the Fruitvale street bridges along the estuary that separates Oakland from the island of Alameda.

For more history and some great photos of old Jingletown, visit Juan Martinez's website