Oppenheimer Park

Oppenheimer Park

Metadata

PlaceNameOppenheimer Park
DescReferred to historically as Powell Grounds or Powell Street Grounds. Opened in 1902. Home of the Asahi baseball team prior to WWII. Historically a part of the Japanese Canadian community in Vancouver's Japantown and now located in the Downtown Eastside.

Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.