Balboa Park ~ San Diego
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San Diego. California
Back in the day there were a few prescient and philanthropic people in the growing community of San Diego.
Decisions and actions were made and taken that proved to be in San Diego community’s best interests in the long run.
Alonzo Horton comes to town in 1867 and San Diego as we know it begins.
Fourteen hundred acres of land set aside in 1868 by town father’s for a ‘City Park’.
Kate Sessions landscaped the park and the city over time in return for 32 acres of land to be used as her nursery.
The Panama Canal and the Railroad arrive in town in the form of increased trade and commerce.
1915-16 Panama-California Exposition, was San Diego’s first world’s fair.
San Diego’s second world’s fair, was the 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition.
(When and where was the last World’s Fair? Will we ever experience another?)
San Diego has inherited and preserved history and historical buildings that were meant to be temporary as the result of World’s Fairs and foresight.
