NEW PARK ENERGIZES EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD The $13 million expansion and renovation of Virginia Avenue Park finally came to fruition in November, after years of planning and construction.
A grand opening was held in November, with a $50,000 community party that followed the next week. The new Virginia Avenue Park will is bounded by Pico Boulevard to the south, Cloverfield Boulevard to the east and Virginia Avenue to the north. Residences along 21st Street border the park’s western edge.
It features 9.5 acres of parkland, basketball courts, playgrounds community meeting rooms, as well as an outdoor stage and a police substation.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 31, 2005. Read the original PDF.