Roxbury Memorial Park is a public park in

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Location

The park is located at 471 South Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills, California.Google Maps
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Facilities

The park is home to two

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greens, four tennis courts, basketball courts, children's playgrounds, locker shower rooms and restrooms. Since 1999, it has been home to a yellow rose garden in honor of Linda Tallen Kane, wife of David Paul Kane, a Beverly Hills businessman. In 2013-2014, a new clubhouse known as the ''Roxbury Park Community Center'' was constructed. It will be dedicated on June 8, 2014Victoria Talbot, 'Roxbury Park Community Center Re-Opens June 8', ''The Beverly Hills Courier'', May 30, 2014, pp. 1; 16

Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling Club

It is home to the Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling Club founded in 1926.Marc Wanamaker, ''Early Beverly Hills'', Arcadia Publishing, 2005, p. 6

/ref> It moved to Roxbury Memorial Park in the 1930s, when the first clubhouse was built. Early players included actors

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References

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