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Lincoln Autumn Nights - Celebrating the Wa Sung Junk Boat Renovation

11/12/2018

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Lincoln Autumn Nights and the  
​Wa Sung Junk Boat Rededication (October 2018) 

Human beings were born to play. Play and recreation heals us, and it gives us the stamina and resilience we need to make it through tough times.
-Ener Chiu, Friends of Lincoln Square Park

It takes village... 

We'd like to especially thank our main coordinators for Lincoln Summer Nights: Alvina Wong, Joshua Lee, Ying Cai, Jing Jing He, Donna Khorsheed, Sean Chow, Gilbert Gong and Tommy Wong.  Without their dedication to our community and Lincoln Square Park, none of this could have happened.  Thank you also to all the park staff, partners, funders, volunteers involved in hosting and funding Lincoln Summer Nights 2018, and especially to Karen Dea and the Wa Sung Community Services Club who worked with the City of Oakland to complete the much needed repairs of the Junk boat playground.

Event Sponsors

  • California Endownent
  • Akonadi Foundation
  • Chinatown Chamber of Commerce 
  • Hella Heart Oakland Giving Circle

Community Partners and Supporters

  • Chinatown Improvement Initiative
  • Wa Sung Community Service Club
  • The Spot Youth Center
  • Lincoln Elementary School 
  • Chinatown Coalition 
  • Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
  • APEN – Asian Pacific Environmental Network
  • OACC- Oakland Asian Cultural Center
  • Asian Health Services
  • EBALDC- East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
  • AYPAL - Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership
  • Prescott Circus Theater
  • Heiwa Taiko Drummers
  • Noble Tower Dancers
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  • Hung Sing Lion Dancers
  • AYSC – Asian Youth Services Committee
  • APSC – Asian Prisoners Support Committee
  • Oakland Bloom
  • ​Friends of Lincoln Square Park
  • ​Council Member Abel Guillen
  • Mayor Libby Schaaf 
  • Director Aimee Eng, OUSD 
  • Oakland Public Works
  • Oakland Parks and Recreation & Youth Development
  • Oakland Public Library
  • Oakland Department of Transportation  
  • Amtrak
  • Field Station Media 
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City of Oakland Capital Improvements Program - Our Submission

11/1/2018

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Lincoln Square Park Recreation Center Expansion in Oakland Chinatown

In the fall of 2018, the City of Oakland invited the community to submit proposals to inform their Capital Improvements Program. Our Steering Committee jumped at the chance to highlight the need and articulate our vision for the future of our recreation center. Here is our submission. This vision is not final, but the beginning of a community engagement and planning process over the coming months and years.

​What is your project description?

The Urgent Need: The Lincoln Square Park Recreation Center (LSPRC) is 40 years old and in dire need of expansion and improvement. The current building is over capacity, as activities fill every room at nearly all hours. The restrooms are inadequate in number and deferred maintenance. Pressure for more space is mounting as new residents move into the 5,000+ new apartments in Downtown leasing over the next year. A recent architectural analysis concluded that the facility floor area needs to be doubled just to meet existing demand.  

Friends of Lincoln Square Park (FOLSP) is a coalition of community leaders and volunteers including the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation, the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, local churches, family associations, the Wa Sung Community Service Club and other community organizations. We are working with the rec center staff and the City to advocate, plan and fund the design and construction of an expanded and modernized rec center that will be the center of Chinatown.  The FOLSP vision is a new three story rec center with an indoor basketball gym, multipurpose and class rooms, space that can be indoor/outdoor, and a relocated Chinatown Hall of Pioneers as a central foyer/gathering/performance/gallery space. This new building will have the space to host multiple simultaneous activities that bring together different generations and longtime and new Oaklanders.

Why Lincoln Square Park and Recreation Center: LSPRC is the city’s busiest rec center and park, with over 1,500 unique visitors each day, all day long. It is the only public recreation center in Downtown and serves residents of all ages, incomes and races from across the city and beyond. The adjacent bus stop at Harrison and 11th is one of the busiest in the system.  ​

Any additional information about the importance of your project? 

As the heart of Oakland Chinatown, the center hosts classes including tai-chi, ballroom dancing, table tennis, sword dancing, chinese orchestra, volleyball, and much more. The afterschool and summer daycare programs are always full with a waitlist. LSPRC is truly a destination for Oaklanders of all ages and backgrounds. Youth from across the city grow up here, swinging in the tot lot, chasing each other on the iconic junk boat play structure, playing basketball, soccer and volleyball, and hanging out in a safe and welcoming place. Office workers play basketball during lunch, restaurant come after their evening shifts. Hundreds of seniors of all incomes and races participate in physical and social activities that keep them active and socially engaged, preventing the debilitating isolation that so often lead to mental and physical decline. Please prioritize this equitable project which will benefit residents of the neighborhood, Downtown residents and employees, and all of Oakland. 

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