Dolores Park is a San Francisco, California city park located in the neighborhood of Mission Dolores, at the western edge of the Mission District, which lies to the east of the park. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Mission San Francisco de Asís is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions The Mission District, also commonly called "The Mission " is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA, named after the To the west of the park is a hillside referred to as "Dolores Heights" or considered a part of the Castro neighborhood. The Castro District better known as The Castro is a neighborhood within Eureka Valley in San Francisco California.
Dolores Park is two blocks tall by one block wide, based on the configuration of north-south and east-west blocks in that part of San Francisco. It is bounded by 18th Street on the north, 20th Street to the south, Dolores Street to the east and Church Street to the west. The northern end of Dolores Park is located directly across the street from Mission High School. Mission High School is an American Public high school located in San Francisco California.
Dolores park offers several striking features: several tennis courts and a basketball court, a soccer field, a children's playground, and a dog play area. The southern half of the park is also notable for its views of the Mission district and downtown; until recently, the park also afforded a striking view of the Bay Bridge. The Financial District is a Neighborhood in San Francisco, California that serves as its main Central business district. This view was blocked by the One Rincon Hill condominium development by the summer of 2007. One Rincon Hill is a Residential complex that is currently under Construction on the apex of Rincon Hill in San Francisco, California Also notable is the routing of the Muni Metro J-Church streetcar line through the park. Muni Metro is a Mass transit system operated in the City and County of San Francisco by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, managed by the San Francisco The J Church is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco California mainly serving the Noe Valley and Balboa Park neighborhoods The J-Church travels down Church Street after emerging from the Market Street tunnel. Market Street is a major street and important Thoroughfare in San Francisco California. The Market Street Subway is a tunnel that carries both Rapid transit and Light rail traffic in San Francisco California. Upon reaching 18th Street, the transit line goes through Dolores Park since Church Street between 18th and Hancock streets is too steep for a trolley to climb. The line reconnects with Church Street a few blocks later after it winds its way along the streetcar right-of-way that abuts residential backyards.
The park lies east of Twin Peaks in the warm and sunny microclimate of the Mission neighborhood. The Twin Peaks (formerly named San Miguel Hills because of the San Miguel land grant Los Picos Gemelos in Spanish) are two Hills with A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the Climate differs from the surrounding area The park is popular among San Franciscans looking for outdoor relaxation and recreation.
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History
Dolores Park -- officially Mission Dolores Park -- is named after Mission Dolores, established by Spanish missionaries in 1776. Mission San Francisco de Asís is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Native Americans of the Ohlone tribe inhabited the area for several centuries before Spanish missionaries arrived. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The Ohlone people also known as the Costanoan and as the Muwekma, are the indigenous people of Northern California who have lived in the The Ohlone shared the land with Spanish ranchers and shopkeepers until the 1849 Gold Rush, when new settlers, gamblers, and tavern keepers flooded San Francisco. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
In 1861, the site was purchased by Congregation Sherith Israel for a Jewish cemetery which became inactive in 1894. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The cemetery was moved to San Mateo County when San Francisco land became too valuable for the dead and burial within the city limits was prohibited. San Mateo County ( "san muh-TAY-o") ( Spanish for: St The graves were moved to Colma (via Southern Pacific railroad), where they still rest today at Hills of Eternity and Home of Peace Cemeteries. Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula As a result of the mass grave movings from San Francisco, Colma is probably the largest city in the world where the population of the dead outnumbers the living.
In 1905, the City of San Francisco bought the land of Dolores Park for nearly $300,000 (equivalent to about $4 million in 2004). Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In 1906-07, the park served as a refugee camp for more than 1600 families made homeless by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. Camp life after the earthquake ended in the summer of 1908. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Some people kept their temporary shacks as houses and a few still survive today scattered across western San Francisco.
Facilities
Dolores Park has six tennis courts and one basketball court; two soccer fields, a playground, and a clubhouse with public restrooms. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A playground or play area is an area designed for Children to play, indoors or outdoors Dolores Park has been the neighborhood center for cultural, political and sports activities since the 1960s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 It has hosted political rallies, festivals, Aztec ceremonial dances, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and San Francisco Mime Troupe performances. Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "5th of May" is a Mexican national holiday that honors the Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla de Los Angeles in 1862 The holiday commemorates The San Francisco Mime Troupe is a theatre of Political satire which performs free shows in various parks in the San Francisco Bay Area and around California It is also the starting place for the annual San Francisco Dyke March. Dyke March is a mostly Lesbian -led and inclusive gathering and Protest march much like the original Gay pride parades and marches
See also
External links
- Mission Dolores Neighborhood Association
- Friends of Dolores Park Playground
- Dolores Heights Improvement Club
- SafeCleanGreen (Neighborhood Association)