Plaza Park, Downtown Ventura

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Description

Plaza Park is in a beautiful spot! Backed by the eucalyptus-covered hills of Ventura, it is a lush park with big, lovely, old trees. The centerpoint is a new tall playground. Also wonderful is the large, pretty pagoda and the 136 year old Moreton Bay Fig Tree. Historical houses on Thompson Blvd add to the atmosphere. There is an old Spanish cannon that boys enjoy climbing on and plenty of grass for kids to run free.
From here you can walk north one block to the main strip of Downtown Ventura and grab an icecream cone from Ben and Jerry's. City Hall, with its revival architecture, is also great to walk around.

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Fir Street, one of the pretty, hilly streets near downtown Ventura.	The pagoda- what a gorgeous spot!	Wonderful trees and a perfect sky on a summer day at Plaza Park.
Old Spanish cannon and historical houses behind.

Directions

From Highway101 southbound, exit at Main Street and follow it many blocks. Turn right on Chestnut Street or Fir Street and park along the road.
From Highway 101 northbound exit at California Street and turn right on California St. Turn right on Santa Clara St and right on Chestnut St or Fir St and park along the road.

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Visitor Ratings

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Ryan 10/10/2011 17:43	Notice to the public: Starting at 12:00pm (noon) on Saturday, October 15, 2011, a peaceful and friendly gathering of people will "Occupy" Plaza Park in solidarity with the rest of the occupations sprouting up around the world, initiated by Occupy Wall Street. We encourage you to come by and see that this is a movement for and by the people, and is NOT what anyone says otherwise. The richest 1% of Americans control roughly half the wealth, and this problem is not just in America, hence the worldwide support. The 99% are tired of being abused by laws that favor corporate profit at the expense of the general public. We demand for everyone's voice to be heard. Join us! http://occupyventura805.wordpress.com/
Rob 09/12/2011 15:07	Very nice play structure, huge awesome fig tree, several burned out bums sleeping on the grass, restrooms nasty in an industrial magnitude.
Gary 10/14/2009 19:33	I was impressed with this park. The grass is well kept, equipment is new, the kids like it.