| Precita Park | |
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 Precita Park in 2020, showing social-distancing circles | |
| Type | Municipal |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°44′49″N 122°24′43″W / 37.747056°N 122.412028°W / 37.747056; -122.412028 |
| Area | 2.06 acres (0.83 ha) |
| Operated by | San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department |
Precita Park is a 2.06-acre (0.83 ha) municipal park in San Francisco, California. 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, in the Bernal Heights neighborhood.
History
The 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. Between the 1880s and the 1900s, Precita Creek was paved over to create Army Street (now Cesar Chavez Street).
See also
References
- ^ "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
- Precita Park, at Yelp
- Precita Park, at Foursquare City Guide
- Precita Park, at Onthegrid
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