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Park update - Two years since Kevin Durant and the Warriors Visit

4/23/2019

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Time Flies! Two years and Two Championships later... 

It's been nearly two years since the Warriors Community Foundation, the Kevin Durant Foundation and other funding partners refurbished our indoor and outdoor basketball courts and celebrated with the community. Looking back, it was a fun-filled day to remember, full of excitement, kids, and basketballs. Today the park is as busy as ever with a never-ending games of pick-up outside, and back to back activities of all sorts inside. 

That was then...

On May 17th, 2017 Kevin Durant, along with the Warriors Community Foundation and their funding partners came to the park to dedicate the new basketball courts. It was a full day of inspiration, celebration and basketball! 

The community impact. 

Since then, our new courts have been put to good use. The court hoops and surface are so much better than before.  Our new improvements has meant even more folks from across the city come to play basketball.  It's not unusual for all the outdoor courts to all be filled with players well into the night. Meanwhile, the indoor court continues to be used for a multitude of activities by people of all ages.  We are so grateful for our new courts and the opportunities it's provided for the community to connect. 
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We've Been Busy! A Project Update

4/12/2019

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For over two and a half years, Friends of Lincoln Square Park has been tirelessly working to support the park's facilities, staff, and community. While we've been involved in multiple projects at the park, we remain focused on building an expanded and improved recreation center. Anyone who spends time at the Lincoln Recreation Center can see that it barely fits existing programs, much less accommodate the very visible development growth all around the park. 

To address this urgent community need, we've started co-hosting Lincoln Summer Nights, formed Friends of Lincoln Square Park, and shared our vision for a larger and improved recreation center. We've formed an incredibly dedicated steering committee and completed conceptual designs for a new recreation center. In case you're just hearing about us for the first time, here's a brief recap on our progress to date. 

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Open Letter to the Parks and Recreation Commission

2/20/2019

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Dear Members of the Oakland Parks and Recreation Commission,

We are writing on behalf of Friends of Lincoln Square Park, to ensuring that our beloved downtown park and recreation center in the heart of Chinatown continues to play a central role in building a welcoming, diverse, and thriving community that enriches the lives of all Oaklanders — now, and for generations of families to come.  We share a vision for an expanded recreation center that anchors downtown recreation and urge you use your collective voices to support this project and push to include this once-in-a-generation project in City’s new Downtown specific plan.
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Our Vision for an expanded downtown Recreation Center

Lincoln Square Park is the city’s busiest recreation 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 and provides much needed indoor and outdoor play areas for neighboring schools.  ​

Friends of Lincoln Square Park (FLSP) is a coalition of community leaders and volunteers including representatives from 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 recreation center staff and the City to advocate, plan and fund the design and construction of an expanded and modernized recreation center that will be the center of Chinatown.  

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. 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.  

Our shared vision is a new three story recreation 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 gathering space. This new building will have the space to host multiple simultaneous activities that bring together different generations and longtime and new Oaklanders.

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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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