San Diego's North Park

Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
Cover of the book San Diego's North Park by North Park Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: North Park Historical Society ISBN: 9781439647172
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: September 8, 2014
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: North Park Historical Society
ISBN: 9781439647172
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: September 8, 2014
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
Hip and historic, North Park fascinates with its commercial energy and Craftsman charm. The community has always embodied an enterprising spirit. In the 1870s, cronies of Alonzo Horton mapped neighborhoods north of Balboa Park in a patchwork of individual subdivisions. Four decades later, John Spreckels�s streetcars finally brought investors, residents, and shopkeepers, creating San Diego�s slice of Bungalow Heaven. Baseball great Ted Williams played on North Park�s fields, and tennis star Maureen Connolly trained on its courts. The local shops served as a regional commercial center after World War II, and the Toyland Parade attracted 300,000 spectators. Although decades of decline followed the exciting 1950s, North Park is flourishing again in a renaissance initiated by the restoration of the elegant North Park Theatre in 2005. This pictorial history tells the classic story of a boom, bust, and boom.
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Hip and historic, North Park fascinates with its commercial energy and Craftsman charm. The community has always embodied an enterprising spirit. In the 1870s, cronies of Alonzo Horton mapped neighborhoods north of Balboa Park in a patchwork of individual subdivisions. Four decades later, John Spreckels�s streetcars finally brought investors, residents, and shopkeepers, creating San Diego�s slice of Bungalow Heaven. Baseball great Ted Williams played on North Park�s fields, and tennis star Maureen Connolly trained on its courts. The local shops served as a regional commercial center after World War II, and the Toyland Parade attracted 300,000 spectators. Although decades of decline followed the exciting 1950s, North Park is flourishing again in a renaissance initiated by the restoration of the elegant North Park Theatre in 2005. This pictorial history tells the classic story of a boom, bust, and boom.

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