Harvard Playground
Harvard Playground is a park in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. Harvard Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood Harvard Park, as well as near Wildasin.- Type: Park
- Description: park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Harvard Recreation Center”, “Havard Park”, and “Havard Recreation Center”
Places of Interest
Highlights include John Muir Branch Library and Vermont Square Branch Library.
John Muir Branch Library
Library
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John Muir Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library. It was built in 1930 based on a design by architect Henry F. Withey. In 1987, the Muir Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic group submission.
Vermont Square Branch Library
Library
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Vermont Square Branch Library is the oldest branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. Located about a mile southwest of the University of Southern California campus, in the Vermont Square district, it was built in 1913 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie.
Augustus F. Hawkins High School
School
Hawkins High School is part of the largest school construction building program in the history of Los Angeles Unified School District. The school consists of three Small Learning Communities.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harvard Park and Chesterfield Square.
Harvard Park
Neighborhood
Harvard Park is a 0.64-square-mile neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California.
Chesterfield Square
Neighborhood
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Chesterfield Square is a 0.63-square-mile neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located within the South Los Angeles region. It contains its namesake park, along with the Van Ness Recreation Center.
Vermont-Slauson
Quarter
Vermont-Slauson is a 1.44-square-mile neighborhood within the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California.
Harvard Playground
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.98393° or 33° 59′ 2″ northLongitude
-118.30459° or 118° 18′ 17″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
8553XMMW+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 136730406OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Harvard Playground” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Harvard Playground (parke sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Harvard Playground”
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