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Year
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Event(s)
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1909
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- First meeting of Playground Commission.
- $600 allocated for vacation program at two school grounds.
- Playground Division established as part of Public Works
Department.
- First meeting of Park Commission
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1910
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- First municipal playgrounds opened at deFremery, Bushrod
and Bayview (Raimondi).
- Agreement reached with Board of Education for year-round
use of school grounds.
- $1,000,000 (one million) bond issue for purchase of lands
around Lake Merritt.
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1911
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- City Charter revised and Board of Playground Directors
made an independent body empowered to operate a
department.
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1912
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- Mosswood, first of the city's social centers, opened.
- Oakland Municipal Band created - organizing Director Paul
Steindorff.
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1914
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- Boating at Lake Merritt placed under Recreation
Department; two boathouses opened.
- Oakland Auditorium completed.
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1917
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- Joaquin Miller Park acquired.
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1918
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- Edoff Bandstand built in Lakeside Park.
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1919
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- Industrial Athletic Association formed; first Christmas
Pageant presented.
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1921
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- City Charter amended, allowing Recreation Department to
operate summer camps outside city limits; Tuolumne and
Feather River family camps opened in 1921 and 1924.
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1922
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- First of three settlement houses, Alexander Community
House, deeded to the city.
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1923
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- Bowling Greens built in Lakeside Park.
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1932
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- Lions Pool and city tennis courts placed under Recreation
Department.
- Oakland Municipal Rose Garden established.
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1934
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- Oakland's first lighted playground at Wolfenden.
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1939
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- Arroyo Viejo and Montclair playgrounds constructed.
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1941
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- Woodminster Theater completed.
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1943
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- Sidney Snow Zoo-in Snow Park.
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1945
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- Bond issue of $1,023,000 to extend and modernize
recreation facilities approved by the people.
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1948
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- Senior citizen program and handicapped children's camp
started.
- Trial and Show Gardens established at Lakeside Park.
- Sequoia Lodge completed.
- Sequoia Horse Arena in Joaquin Miller Park completed.
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1949
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- North Oakland Recreation Center opened.
- Studio One for arts and crafts established.
- Four new swimming pools opened.
- Mosswood playground redesigned and lighted. |
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