Bushrod Park, Oakland, California
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Location of Bushrod Park in the City of Oakland.
The Bushrod Park neighborhood in North Oakland, Oakland, California is an area surrounding its namesake park, and bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Way to the west, Claremont Avenue to the east, Highway 24 to the south, and the Berkeley border to the north.[1] It borders the neighborhoods of Sante Fe to the west, Fairview Park to the east, and Temescal and Shafter to the south and southeast, respectively. Image:Bushrod Park.jpg
Shattuck Avenue entrance to Bushrod Park
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Bushrod Ballfields
At seven and one half acres,[2] Bushrod is one of the largest parks in the North Oakland section of Oakland, California. It is located between Shattuck Avenue and Racine Street to the east and west, and between 61st Street and 59th Street to the north and south. The park was donated to the city in 1903 by Dr. Bushrod Washington James, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3][2] In the 1910s it was used as a school playground.[2] It has had a long association with local baseball; baseball players Ricky Henderson, Frank Robinson, Billy Martin, and Vada Pinson played at Bushrod in their youth.[4] In 2004 the park was full of drug dealers, and was avoided by many in the area. That year it was rated the worst recreation center in the city, but later it improved significantly.[5] On April 8 2006, a block of ice fell from the sky and landed in the park, leaving a crater that was several feet wide.[6][7] References
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Panoramic view of the neighborhood surrounding Bushrod Park.
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