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Balboa Park, San Francisco

Public park in San Francisco, California

Public park in San Francisco, California

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nameBalboa Park
imageBalboa Park Playground (4), Balboa Park, San Francisco CA, Jan 2021.jpg
image_captionBalboa Park Playground entrance, Jan 2021
typePublic park
locationSan Francisco, California
coordinates
established
operatorSan Francisco Recreation & Parks Department

Balboa Park is a public park in the Mission Terrace neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It was originally dedicated in 1909 when the park included the land now used by City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus west of I-280 Freeway. The park is located in the Outer Mission neighborhood group, and is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Cayuga, Ingleside, Oceanview, and Sunnyside. The park covers about 25 acres and includes among its facilities: Balboa Park Swimming Pool, Balboa Park Playground, Matthew J. Boxer Stadium (soccer), Sweeney Field (baseball), Balboa Skate Park, an off-leash dog area, a picnic area, tennis courts, and a basketball court.

Balboa Park is bounded on the north by Havelock Street, on the east by San Jose Avenue, on the west side by the I-280 Freeway, and on the south by Ocean Avenue. Located at the center of the park on the west side is the Ingleside Police Station, built about the same time the park was dedicated.

History

Balboa Park was originally dedicated in 1909 and named after the explorer and conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. The City stated plans to develop the park to serve the residents of the Outer Mission district. At that time the dedicated park included the entire 100-acre House of Refuge lot, which included the current City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus, on the west side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks (now I-280 Freeway).

The presence of the Ingleside Jail complex on the original park land retarded development or improvement of Balboa Park from 1910 until the jail was removed in 1934. In 1936 the portion of the park on the west of the railroad tracks was given to City College, and the remaining portion, about 26 acres east of the freeway line, became Balboa Park as it is known today.

References

References

  1. Kuchar, Sally. (October 23, 2013). "Mapping 46 of San Francisco's Best Public Parks". [[Curbed]].
  2. (12 Aug 1909). "Landers Succeeds Col. Kirkpatrick". San Francisco Examiner.
  3. (7 Aug 1909). "To Extend Line in the Mission". San Francisco Chronicle.
  4. "San Francisco Neighborhood Groups Map".
  5. (24 Aug 1910). "Clubs to Dedicate New Police Station". San Francisco Call.
  6. (12 Jun 1910). "Improvements by Parks Commission". San Francisco Call.
  7. (12 Mar 1932). "A New Jail Site". The Recorder (San Francisco CA).
  8. (3 Jun 1936). "Junior College Site". San Francisco Examiner.
  9. (26 Apr 1937). "Construction Begun at Junior College Site". San Francisco Examiner.
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