Huntington Beach Names New Park ‘17th Street’ in Honor of City’s History

Huntington Beach Names New Park ‘17th Street’ in Honor of City’s History
A new community park at the crossing of 17th Street and Orange Avenue in Huntington Beach, Calif., is under construction on June 10, 2022. Julianne Foster/The Epoch Times
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Huntington Beach councilors unanimously approved “17th Street Park” as the new name for a park to be reconstructed at the former site of Michel E. Rodger’s Senior Center during the June 7 city council meeting.

The naming of the park—at the crossing of 17th Street and Orange Avenue—has been an ongoing discussion since 2017, according to city records. On June 7, councilors voted 7–0 to name the park “17th Street Park”—as a tribute to the site’s history.