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The new, two-story facility<\/a> has a social hall, classrooms, a kitchen, a computer lab, a \u201cmaker space,\u201d and a terrace. San Francisco-based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects<\/a> designed the center and Oakland\u2019s Einwiller Kuehl<\/a> is responsible for the landscape architecture. At 12,300 square feet, it\u2019s larger than the previous building.<\/p>\n The need to redevelop the center gave rise to a master plan<\/a> process for the entire 11-acre Mosswood Park, bounded by Webster Street, MacArthur Boulevard, Broadway, and I-580. Beginning in 2019, the city held community meetings to collect feedback on park improvements, focusing on equity and access in a changing neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n The stated goal was to \u201ccreate a vibrant destination for civic, cultural, social, educational, and recreational activities.\u201d<\/p>\n The Mosswood Park Recreation Advisory Council<\/a> also played a vocal role in advocating for the rebuilding of the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n Construction began<\/a> on the projected $20.8 million mass-timber center in 2023 and recently finished.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since it opened in the early 1910s, Mosswood Park, once a private estate, has played host to generations of athletes, picnickers, families, and students. The basketball courts have famously been a training ground for NBA and college players<\/a>. Each summer, local punks take over for one noisy weekend at the Mosswood Meltdown<\/a> music festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n In recent years, tensions have reached a fever pitch at the park between unhoused residents and neighbors. In the spring of 2025, the city cleared the large encampment at the park, moving many residents into a shelter at a hotel building in West Oakland that\u2019s lately come under scrutiny<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n While the 2016 fire required a full teardown of the recreation center, it did not touch the other large structure in the park, the historic J. Mora Moss House<\/a>. The 1864 Victorian is a city landmark and was once used as a community center. The Oakland Heritage Alliance<\/a> has long advocated for its restoration and use, and plans to have a table at Saturday\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n \u201cThe gleaming new building stands in striking contrast to the J. Mora Moss House \u2014 Oakland\u2019s oldest surviving mansion \u2014 which sits just steps away in serious disrepair,\u201d OHA said in a recent newsletter.<\/p>\n …We rely on your support<\/p>\n Hey, we know that most readers only scan a headline and a couple of paragraphs. Thank you for reading to the end of our story. Since you clearly appreciate the in-depth approach we take in reporting the stories that matter to Oaklanders, please consider chipping in to supercharge our newsroom.<\/p>\n “*” indicates required fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Destroyed by fire a decade ago, the Mosswood Recreation Center will reopen to the public on Saturday morning.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[125133,143,145,144,1725],"class_list":["post-294235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-mosswood-park","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"mosswood](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mosswood-rec-center-4.jpg\")
The center, designed by LMS Architects, has a social hall, a kitchen, and a classroom. Credit: Natalie Orenstein\/The Oaklandside<\/p>\n