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Playland (also known as Playland-at-the-Beach and Whitney's Playland, beginning in 1928 [1] – some say 1926 [2]) was a 10-acre (40,000-square-meter) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District at the western edge of San Francisco, California, along Great Highway, bounded by Balboa and Fulton streets. [1]
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. adopted Roberts Park in 1979, under the newly-developed Adopt-a-Park program, which promised continued funding. This was the first park in EBRPD to be so adopted. [1] Roberts Regional Recreational Area has picnic tables, playground and a seasonal pool with lifeguard.
A recent addition to Japantown’s buzzy food scene is a legendary 100-year-old Tokyo yakitoria that actually transplanted itself from the Japanese capital in 2023 after being forced to close ...
Prior to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco had two Japantowns, one on the outskirts of Chinatown, the other in the South of Market area. After 1906, Japanese immigrants began moving to San Francisco's Western Addition, which then became San Francisco's main Japantown, with a smaller one in the South Park area. [7]
San Francisco Botanical Garden; Grand View Park; Harding Park Golf Club; Heron's Head Park; Holly Park; Huntington Park; In Chan Kaajal Park; Lincoln Park, including California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Lafayette Park (San Francisco) Lake Merced; Larsen Park; McLaren Park (John McLaren Park) Marina Green; Mount Davidson Park; Mount Olympus ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline is a regional park located on the shores of the San Leandro Bay in Oakland, California. Part of the East Bay Regional Parks system, it is named after Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. The park was established in 1993 on a 741 acres (300 ha) tract of land leased from the Oakland Airport. [1]
Middle Harbor Shoreline Park (MHSP) is located on San Francisco Bay and the Oakland Seaport entrance channel, west of downtown Oakland, California. [2] It is owned and operated by the Port of Oakland. The park entrance is at the intersection of 7th Street and Middle Harbor Road. It is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to dusk. [1]
Oakland Park and Recreation Department website Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine “Oakland Children’s Fairyland Puppeteer Lewis Mahlmann Dies,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, 2014 "60 Years After It Was Built, Children’s Fairyland Keeps the Tradition of Storytelling Alive,” OaklandNorth.net, February 29, 2012