Garfield Square

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File:GarfieldSquare-DayoftheDead.jpg celebration, Garfield Square.]]Garfield Square, also known as Garfield Park, is a {{convert|3.46|acre|m2|adj=on}} city park located in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfnpc.org/parkkiosk/Garfield_Park |title=Garfield Square Park | San Francisco Neighborhood Parks Council |access-date=2009-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321071317/http://www.sfnpc.org/parkkiosk/Garfield_Park |archive-date=March 21, 2009 }} It is bounded by 25th Street to the north, 26th Street to the south, Treat Avenue to the west, and Harrison Street to the east and was first opened in 1884.{{cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014381/1884-05-09/ed-1/seq-5/ |title=Sacramento daily record-union newspaper. (Sacramento [Calif.]) May 9, 1884 |pages= 5 |access-date=2009-09-05}} Previously the location of the Recreation Grounds baseball park which was the first professional baseball park in California, dating to 1868.{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1868 |title=The Chronology - 1868 | BaseballLibrary.com |access-date=2009-09-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720054346/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1868 |archive-date=2009-07-20 }}

It is a relaxed park with a turf for soccer games, playground, clubhouse, picnic areas suitable for family outings.

Also, it has been the site for construction of the annual Day of the Dead shrines and celebration since 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/history.html |title=Dia de los Meurtos - San Francisco |access-date=2009-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501041026/http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/history.html |archive-date=2009-05-01 }}

Renovated in 2006, part of a private public partnership between the City of San Francisco and the non-profit City Fields Foundation, brainchild of Bill, John and Bob Fisher, the sons of Gap Inc. founder Donald Fisher.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/12/BAGB2LNCQC68.DTL&hw=garfield+park&sn=001&sc=1000 |title=SAN FRANCISCO / Revamped athletic field a hit / Foundation and city team up to renovate community parks |work= The San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2009-08-14 | first=Heather | last=Knight |date=2006-10-12}}

Location of an indoor public swimming pool, the walls of the building are decorated with Precita Eyes murals, the Primal Sea on the 26th Street side and a mural with Mayan and Aztec themes inspired by Diego Rivera on the Harrison Street side. Garfield Square is located immediately adjacent to Balmy Alley, which is famous for the decorations of murals.{{cite book |author=Noelle Salmi |title=Frommer's San Francisco Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day) |publisher=Frommers |year=2006 |pages=62–63 |isbn=0-7645-7983-5 }}