Most people associate the birth of modern theme parks with Disneyland, but the idea of stepping into a story didn’t start with a castle or a monorail. It actually began somewhere much smaller, ...

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NEXT TO OAKLAND'S Lake Merritt is Children's Fairyland, a storied play area that will host a 75-year anniversary parade and party for local kids and their families on Monday. Starting from 10 a.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Seventy-five years ago, on Sept. 2, 1950, Oakland's Children's Fairyland opened on the shoreline of Lake Merritt. Today, on Labor Day, a big birthday bash in the storybook ...

OAKLAND — It is typical to see kids running around at Children’s Fairyland, the longstanding attraction at the city’s Lake Merritt, on a weekday afternoon. But instead, on Friday, a dedicated staff of ...

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