Precita Park
{{Short description|Municipal park in San Francisco, California}}
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| type = Municipal
| location = San Francisco, California
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| area = {{convert|2.06|acre}}
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| operator = San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department
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Precita Park is a {{convert|2.06|acre|adj=on}} municipal park in San Francisco, California.{{cite web |title=Precita Park |url=https://sfrecpark.org/898/Precita-Park |website=San Francisco Recreation & Parks |access-date=February 2, 2023}} 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.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Cesar Chavez Design Workshop Tonight; Precita Creek Past and Future | url =https://burritojustice.com/2009/02/24/cesar-chavez-design-workshop-tonight-precita-creek-past-and-future | date = 2009-02-24 | work = Burrito Justice}} Between the 1880s and the 1900s, Precita Creek was paved over to create Army Street (now Cesar Chavez Street).{{cite web | last = Lapin | first = Todd | title = A Brief History of How Cesar Chavez/Army Street Became So Damn Awful in the First Place | url = https://bernalwood.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/a-brief-history-of-how-cesar-chavezarmy-street-became-so-awful-in-the-first-place-3 | date = 2013-08-14 | work = Bernalwood}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.yelp.com/biz/precita-park-san-francisco Precita Park], at Yelp
- [https://foursquare.com/v/precita-park/46dd1e5af964a5208e4a1fe3 Precita Park], at Foursquare City Guide
- [https://onthegrid.city/san-francisco/bernal-heights-la-lengua/precita-park Precita Park], at Onthegrid
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Category:Parks in San Francisco
Category:Municipal parks in California
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