Precita Park is a 2.06-acre (0.83 ha) municipal park in San Francisco, California.[1] It is located at Folsom Street and Precita Avenue, which bounds both the north and south sides of the park, and is also bordered by Alabama Street,[1] in the Bernal Heights neighborhood.
| Precita Park | |
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 Precita Park in 2020, showing social-distancing circles | |
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| Type | Municipal |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°44′49″N 122°24′43″W / 37.747056°N 122.412028°W |
| Area | 2.06 acres (0.83 ha)[1] |
| Operated by | San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department |
History
editThe park gets its name from the Precita Creek. In the area now called "Precita Park", a village had developed by the 1860s. The village drew its water from an upstream portion of the creek and used the creek as an open sewer.[2] Between the 1880s and the 1900s, Precita Creek was paved over to create Army Street (now Cesar Chavez Street).[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Precita Park". San Francisco Recreation & Parks. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ "Cesar Chavez Design Workshop Tonight; Precita Creek Past and Future". Burrito Justice. February 24, 2009.
- ^ Lapin, Todd (August 14, 2013). "A Brief History of How Cesar Chavez/Army Street Became So Damn Awful in the First Place". Bernalwood.
External links
edit- Precita Park, at Yelp
- Precita Park, at Foursquare City Guide
- Precita Park, at Onthegrid
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