Precita Park

Municipal park in San Francisco, California

37°44′49″N 122°24′43″W / 37.747056°N 122.412028°W / 37.747056; -122.412028Area2.06 acres (0.83 ha)[1]Operated bySan Francisco Recreation & Parks Department

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.

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.[2] Between the 1880s and the 1900s, Precita Creek was paved over to create Army Street (now Cesar Chavez Street).[3]

See also

  • Precita Eyes

References

  1. ^ a b c "Precita Park". San Francisco Recreation & Parks. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Cesar Chavez Design Workshop Tonight; Precita Creek Past and Future". Burrito Justice. February 24, 2009.
  3. ^ 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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