After nearly two years of desolation, the playground at Admiral Kidd Park is one step closer to welcoming children and families for playtime.
In July 2021, the playground was destroyed in a fire. The source of the fire remains unknown, but the charred remains of the playground sat on Santa Fe Avenue for months. In September 2021, Partners of Parks launched a campaign to rebuild the nautical-themed playground.
Through the campaign ($962,000) and Measure A funds ($1.02 million), Long Beach had the $1.9 million needed to start the project. Along with a new playground, Admiral Kidd Park will receive improved ADA accessibility and upgraded lighting to the walkways surrounding the playground.
Construction began on March 31 and is expected to be complete by the summer of 2023.
If the city wants a safe and fun place for the communitys children to play, they need to start with removing the local teen gang members that come from Cabrillo High School who are constantly occupying the playground and jungle gym and restrooms to smoke drugs and write graffiti all over the park and surrounding buildings and bullying park goers of all ages with physical harm and violence and intimidating anyone who tries to tell
them to stop their horrible and disgusting behavior. Even school security safety officers and local law enforcement who patrol the park daily do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about their unexcusable behavior leaving us unsafe and in danger in our own community.