"Nearby, a group of young children piled onto the playground's tire swing and climbed its wooden structures, while their parents ate bagels and sipped coffee and chatted about the upcoming school year. This story is part of an ongoing series exploring the history and current life of several of the city's most notable parks. Other parkgoers meandered along the trails weaving through the park's steep ivy-covered hills, shaded from the late summer sun by redwoods, bay laurels and California buckeyes."
"Standing next to the old stone fireplace, you could almost imagine you were at summer camp. Such is the magic of John Hinkel Park, a 4.2-acre park nestled near the bottom of the Berkeley Hills on Somerset Place just off of Arlington Avenue and flanked on two sides by the winding San Diego Road. It's a nice mix of natural landscape and terrain and also some playground elements that are really great for the kids,"
A troupe of actors rehearsed The Taming of the Shrew at the park amphitheater on a sunny Sunday. Young children played on a tire swing and wooden structures while parents ate bagels, sipped coffee and chatted about the upcoming school year. Visitors meandered along trails through steep ivy-covered hills shaded by redwoods, bay laurels and California buckeyes. The gentle flow of Blackberry Creek could be heard burbling down the hill, and an old stone fireplace lent a camplike atmosphere. John Hinkel Park covers 4.2 acres near the bottom of the Berkeley Hills, just off Arlington Avenue and flanked by San Diego Road.
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