Star Park in Coronado at 1030 Park Place in 92118 dates to the original 1886 subdivision map, where five streets radiating from a central circle gave the half-acre green its name. The park sits across from the 1897 cottage at 1101 Star Park Circle where author L. Frank Baum wrote multiple Wizard of Oz sequels during winter stays on Coronado Island — a literary landmark documented by the Coronado Historical Association & Museum on Orange Avenue. Spreckels donated the land, and the park was formally established in 1925 with hedges originally trimmed in a star shape to match the five-point street layout. Two war-era cannons with dedication plaques anchor the Memorial Day ceremony staged here each year in coordination with the local VFW post at 557 Orange Avenue. The residential ring encircling the park features turn-of-the-century homes that predate much of Orange Avenue's commercial development, with the Baum cottage drawing Wizard of Oz visitors who trace the author's path from winters at Hotel del Coronado to this quieter enclave. The original 1886 five-point radial street design — Star Park Circle, Loma Avenue, Flora Avenue, Alameda Boulevard, and Park Place — remains intact, making it one of the few unaltered Victorian-era traffic circles on the Southern California coast.