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Making History by ALLEN HAZARD & ALANA COONS Tuesday, September 6, Was a History-Making Day in the Effort to Reclaim Our Lost Heritage Summer 2006 Volume 37, Issue 3 SAVING SAN DIEGO’S PAST FOR THE FUTURE LOCAL PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION Making History BY ALLEN HAZARD & ALANA COONS Tuesday, September 6, was a history-making day in the effort to reclaim our lost heritage. A coalition of San Diego’s political leaders led by State Senator Christine Kehoe came together in an outstanding show of support and enthusiasm. Present at this historic occasion were Mayor Jerry Sanders; Senator Kehoe; Assembly member Lori Saldaña; City Councilmembers Kevin Faulconer, Donna Frye; Chairperson of the San Diego River Conservancy and City (left to right) SOHO Executive Director Bruce Coons; State Parks Councilmember Toni Atkins; District Director Clarissa District Superintendent Ronie Clark; Senator Christine Kehoe; Falcon represented Senator Denise Moreno-Ducheny; Rob Hutsel, San Diego River Park Foundation; Caltrans District 11 Director Pedro Orso-Delgado; Assembly member Lori Saldaña; Pedro Orso-Delgado, Caltrans District 11 Director; Ronie City Councilmember Donna Frye Clark, State Parks District Superintendent; Gary Gallegos, SANDAG Executive Director; Jeannie Ferrell, Chair of the and phone calling campaign that SOHO members Old Town Community Planning Committee; Fred Grand, bolstered. With Senator Kehoe taking the lead, President of the Old Town Chamber of Commerce; Bruce Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña, and, Councilmember Kevin Coons, SOHO Executive Director; Cindy Stankowski, San Faulconer worked together to coordinate the successful Diego Archaeological Society; Rob Hutsel, San Diego campaign. River Park Foundation; and Eleanor Neely, Chair of the San Diego Presidio Park Council. They all gathered The transfer would add 2.5 acres to the 13-acre Old Town together for a press conference to announce their support San Diego State Historic Park. The new addition to the to transfer the former Caltrans site in Old Town from State Park will open the ‘front door’ if you will, to Old Caltrans to the Old Town California State Historic Park. Town, and reclaim a key piece of San Diego’s early history. Senator Kehoe called the transfer a rare opportunity, "It is First, a brief recap. For years the community had been not very often that an urban park completely surrounded promised that the site would be given to State Parks as a by development can extend its boundaries and in the part of mitigation for the building of the new Caltrans process enhance and protect significant historical and project just across the street. This project included the cultural resources.” Indeed, the reclamation of this land demolition of two 1920’s historic buildings at the new site would be the most significant event since the creation of the and major environmental impacts due to the construction 12.96-acre Old Town State Park in 1969 and will begin to of the very large Caltrans building. However, budgets, the take back for San Diego its birthplace. economy and other factors in play made the fate of the 2.5 acres Caltrans site suddenly in great jeopardy of being sold Mayor Sanders reflected on not only how important this for development for office buildings. archaeological, cultural and historic site is, but also how this new addition to Old Town State Park will help SOHO, with the help of the Old Town business and the facilitate pedestrian access to Presidio Park. This is a non-profits community, spearheaded a letter writing, email significant issue and is important (continued on page 1) Summer 2006 Volume 37, Issue 3 President’s Message BY BETH MONTES SAVING SAN DIEGO’S PAST FOR THE FUTURE LOCAL PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION Is It Worth Saving? President Advocacy, planning, education, stewardship, outreach, these are some of Beth Montes SOHO’s many activities. Though each discipline is very important, Vice President advocacy for the preservation of structures and cultural landscapes is Barry Hager arguably our most important function. Treasurer Jessica McGee As such, we have a group which meets monthly to discuss these issues, the Secretary Preservation Action Committee, or PAC. It is in this committee that we Lori Anne Peoples monitor projects involving historic resources, structures slated for Directors demolition, produce the annual Most Endangered list, and discuss buildings Erik Hanson, Ex Officio or spaces we want to monitor or proactively bring forward for designation. Curtis Drake John Eisenhart During the last several meetings, one item discussed was the Allen Hazard headline-stealing Naval Waterfront development, San Diego’s “front Peter Janopaul, III porch”. One of our more mature (ahem, older) committee members gave us Welton Jones a history lesson about the complex and its function over time. The military Carmen Pauli has been using this location for a much longer time than many of us Bonnie Poppe thought. Some of us, including me, thought the site use began in the 1950’s Christopher Pro or 1960’s, judging by the large, boxy buildings closest to the street along Jim Schibanoff David Swarens Harbor Drive. Staff However, there is at least one building that dates back to the 1920’s and Executive Director others of various ages. During WWII, the nerve center for the operation of Bruce Coons activities for the entire Pacific Theatre was right there. This is early Reflections Staff hallowed Naval ground. Across Harbor Drive is the Naval Pier, another Editor structure worth saving. Alana Coons Contributing Editor During our discussion, someone brought up a comment heard in another Dean Glass discussion about whether or not to Associate Editor, Graphic Artist, Photographer raise the issue of preservation during Sandé Lollis talks about what to do with the Inside This Issue complex. The comment was Cover.......................... Making History SOHO Founder something along the lines of “….but Inside Cover.... President’s Message Robert Miles Parker, 1969 are there any pretty buildings worth 2......... Executive Director’s Message Reflections fighting for?” 3............................... Historic La Playa Volume 37, Issue 3. Published quarterly 5..... Coronado Upholds Designation by SOHO since 1969. All photos by Instantly several of us jumped on the 6 ............................ Greenest Solution Sandé Lollis, unless noted otherwise. comment. You see, not all resources 8.......................................... Adobe ‘U’ 10............................... Historic Stucco Deadline for all information and ads for worth saving are pretty. Preservation 13................. UCSD Modernism Tour the Fall 2006 issue is October 15. Submit is not a matter of taste. And that, my articles by mail or email to SOHO, 14 ..... Borrego Springs Modern Tour attention editor. We reserve the right to friends, is a hard concept to get one’s 15............... Modern For The Masses edit all articles submitted for publication. head around. Those with Modernist 18................ Contributors to Success leanings might think Victorian homes Save Our Heritage Organisation 19.................... Community Outreach 2476 San Diego Avenue, San Diego CA 92110 are unnecessarily ornate. Victorian 19..... $10,000 to Old Town Program (619) 297-9327 • fax: (619) 291-3576 aficionados can find Modern 20......................... Calendar of Events www.sohosandiego.org architecture too stark. But real 20................................. Annual Report 23............................ What is the PRF? Those who wish to reproduce, republish, preservation means being able to redistribute or retransmit material found broaden one’s horizons. It means we 24................ Head Docent Promoted in the pages of Reflections or on the have to be able to put aside our 24............... Lee Roper, In Memoriam website www.sohosandiego.org may do so 25.......................... Ensworth’s Letters only with prior consent from and particular leanings and see the value 26................... Whaley House Garden acknowledgement of SOHO. of a resource for how it represents its 26..... Pat Petersen: Volunteer Profile Save Our Heritage Organisation is a 501 time and place in history, its 27........................ National City Depot (c)(3) non-profit organization. construction materials and methods, 27......................... Membership Form Funded in part by the City of San Diego its historic use, and more. 28................................... La Playa Trail Commission for Arts & Culture. 28........................................ What is it? So, when we ask “is it worth saving?”, 29............................... Advertisements we must train ourselves to think Back........................... Lost San Diego SAVE OUR HERITAGE ORGANISATION SUMMER 2006 about more than beauty, we must resolve to learn about a chance of saving historic resources if we can let go of the architecture, events, and historical figures our favorite eras and stand for preservation as a associated with the resource to assess its value, even if it principle. Then we need to wrap our new-found resolve represents an era outside our comfort zones. in a hard shell because once we decide the house or ship Sometimes, whether it is pretty or not, a building is lost or pier or landscape or warehouse is worth preserving, because of its location, relationship to other buildings, we have to convince the public and community leaders or overwhelming resistance from governmental of its value, and that is usually the toughest sale of all. agencies (think Hotel San Diego). But we stand more of The river in old San Diego, 1869, courtesy SDHS
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