Silverado Park, Long Beach, California

Silverado Park

Coordinates| 33°48′51″N 118°12′48″W﻿ / ﻿33.81418°N 118.2132°W﻿ / 33.81418; -118.2132
Area| 11.8 acres (4.8 ha)
Operated by| Parks, Recreation & Marine Department, City of Long Beach
Website| Silverado Park, (City of Long Beach, CA)

Silverado Park is a city-operated park of 11.8 acres (4.8 ha)[1] in the West-Side area of Long Beach, California. It was built in the 1930s under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration.[2] It is in an area with increased crime rates[3] although events such as a children's Christmas party have also taken place there.[4] In 2005 the park was part of a study conducted by CSULB biologists on the behavior of house finches in heavily urbanized environments.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Silverado Park". City of Long Beach. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
2. ^ Mullio, Cara; Volland, Jennifer M. (November 2004). Long Beach architecture: the unexpected metropolis. Hennessey + Ingalls. p. 33. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
3. ^ Manzer, Tracy. "Will Long Beach tolerate crime rise?". Retrieved 13 February 2015.
4. ^ "Santa to visit Silverado Park". Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. December 20, 1998. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
5. ^ Esteban Fernández-Juricic; Rachael Poston; Karin De Collibus; Timothy Morgan; Bret Bastain; Cyndi Martin; Kacy Jones & Ronald Treminio (December 2005). "Microhabitat Selection and Singing Behavior Patterns of Male House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) in Urban Parks in a Heavily Urbanized Landscape in the Western U.S." Urban Habitats. 3. Retrieved October 8, 2011.

## External links

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* Official website of Silverado Park