El Cerrito in Contra Costa County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Summertime Fun in El Cerrito

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, April 21, 2016

1. Summertime Fun in El Cerrito Marker

Caption: Peak-a-Boo Park at Blake and San Pablo, 1927.

Inscription. Golden Gate Lanes, El Cerrito's only bowling alley was located near here. Other summer staples included Bardon's Fruit Market, Betsy's Kitchen and Big Boys Barbecue, Motorcycle Hill, the Whoopie Bumps, and Peek-a-Boo Park, an early auto-court (motel).

Erected by El Cerrito Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the California - El Cerrito - San Pablo Avenue Historical-Cultural Pavers series list.

Location. 37° 55.418′ N, 122° 19.023′ W. Marker is in El Cerrito, California, in Contra Costa County. It is on San Pablo Avenue near Hill Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11498 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito CA 94530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

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in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Avenue (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stege Sanitary (approx. 0.2 miles away); Contra Costa Civic Theatre (approx. 0.2 miles away); Streetcars in El Cerrito (approx. ¼ mile away); Little Italy (approx. ¼ mile away); Japanese Nurseries (approx. 0.3 miles away); Holy Ghost Festa (approx. 0.4 miles away); Quarries (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in El Cerrito.

More about this marker. This marker is at the southeast corner of San Pablo Avenue and Hill Street.
This marker is one of The City of El Cerrito's Historical-Cultural Pavers.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, April 21, 2016

2. Summertime Fun in El Cerrito Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,055 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.