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Dimond Recreation Center 3860 Hanly Road Prior to 1850, the land on which Dimond Park and Recreation Center are located belonged to the famous Peralta family. In 1850, the Hugh Dimond family bought the land from the Peraltas. In 1879, Hugh Dimond built a playhouse for his son out of the original adobe bricks from the Peralta house. The site of this playhouse is where the now existing "Boy Scout Hut" stands (note: The structure has been damaged by fire and is pending repairs). In 1917, the City of Oakland Parks Department purchased 12 acres of land along the Sausal Creek to be used as a park site. In 1929, Lions Pool was constructed in the park and subsequently remodeled in 1959. The modern type Dimond Recreation Center was opened in September 1957 in the wooded ravine adjacent to the Lions Pool site. In June 1955, the development of Dimond Recreation Center was spearheaded by an active neighborhood committee interested in, community improvement with a specific desire that a center building be erected which would provide program facilities for all age groups. The building rooms overlook Lions Pool and Dimond Park. Its unique design provides a versatile downstairs area which serves for five months of the year as a shower and locker room for Lions Pool and for seven months as the center's teen game room. Funding
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