Rossi Playground – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

WPA workers removed bodies from old Odd Fellows Cemetery to create this park.

"Constructed playground, 3 tennis courts and 2 basketball fields, 1 volleyball court, landscaped and built drainage and water system, fenced entire playground and courts, built convenience station and 8 sets of horseshoe courts and 4 outdoor checker tables. This is the largest supervised playground in the Richmond District."–Healy, p. 62.

Source notes

Healy, Clyde E. San Francisco Improved: Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939. United States. Work Projects Administration (Calif.) Report on Progress of the Works Program in San Francisco. January, 1938. Works Progress Administration / William Mooser, Jr., branch manager. [San Francisco? 1938] Further project information submitted by Eric Karpman.

Location Info


Arguello & Anza
San Francisco, CA 94118
San Francisco County

Location notes: Arguello & Anza

Coordinates: 37.778800, -122.45800

Site Details

Total Cost
$123,825.00

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One comment on “Rossi Playground – San Francisco CA

  1. Linda Patch

    Wondering about the history of 1 Edward St, San Francisco – it must be over 100 years old. It is across from Rossi playground (former Odd Fellows Cemetery).

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  1. Linda Patch

    Wondering about the history of 1 Edward St, San Francisco – it must be over 100 years old. It is across from Rossi playground (former Odd Fellows Cemetery).

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