Silverado Park is a city-operated park of in the West-Side area of

Long Beach Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporat ...

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. It was built in the 1930s under the auspices of the

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. It is in an area with increased crime rates although events such as a children's Christmas party have also taken place there. In 2005 the park was part of a study conducted by CSULB biologists on the behavior of house finches in heavily urbanized environments.

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External links

Official website of Silverado Park
Geography of Long Beach, California Urban public parks