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City sacrifices street for larger Library Park
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Nesario and Mary Leyba scan the baseball etching on a bench near the site of the diamond that at one time stood on the park grounds. - photo by JASON CAMPBELL
Gene Ramirez passed by Library Park every day during his morning bike ride and stared out at the cyclone fencing.He knew that the City of Manteca was finally moving ahead with plans to renovate the park and expand it, but had no idea what the actual project was going to include – staring at the construction equipment and piecing together what he thought the finished product might look like. When he stood near the grass amphitheatre Monday morning and waited for the official dedication to begin, the nearby homeowner couldn’t believe how much the downtown jewel had changed since work began immediately following the Crossroads Street Faire. “I’m really impressed with everything that they’ve done here,” Ramirez said.