Lincoln Park in

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, was originally created by the City of Los Angeles in 1881 from land donated by

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. It was one of Los Angeles's first parks. It was originally called East Los Angeles Park, then Eastlake Park in 1901. On May 19, 1917, the park was renamed Lincoln Park after Lincoln High School.

Background

The park contains a large lake (''Lincoln Park Lake'', originally East Lake), a recreation center, a senior center, a playground, picnic tables, and ball fields. The park is located at the intersection of Valley Boulevard and

Mission Road Mission Road is a major north-east south-west arterial road, arterial street in the city of Los Angeles. It serves primarily as an alternative route to get to and from the Downtown Los Angeles area and the San Gabriel Valley. Part of the road i ...

and is served by Metro lines 76, 78, 79, and 378. There was an earlier Lincoln Park in Los Angeles County, "just outside the city limits of Los Angeles and just inside the limits of South Pasadena."

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* Parks in Los Angeles Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles {{LosAngeles-geo-stub