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1. SANTAF_160720_35.JPG: A Continuing Commitment to San Diego During the past century, the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company has been an active participant in the growth of San Diego. Originally, much of Santa Fe's land was purchased by the railroad to later sell back to manufacturers or growers and thereby increase rail shipments. However, times change and so do local needs. When this happens, the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, a subsidiary of Santa Fe Industries, is called upon to develop the land for more productive uses. One of the most noteworthy instances is the acclaimed planned community of Rancho Santa Fe. The area was originally Rancho San Dieguito, a land grant made in 1845 to Juan Maria Osuna, a colorful settler and the original Alcade of San Diego. In 1906, the Santa Fe Land Improvement COmpany bought the land from the Osuna heirs to be the site of an unusual experiment. In line with President Theodore Roosevelt's reforestation program, Santa Fe immediately undertook large-scale planting of three million eucalyptus trees from Australia and New Zealand, in the hope the trees would provide material for much-needed railroad ties. The experiment was soon abandoned when it was determined eucalyptus wood would not hold railroad spikes securely. In 1922, a new project was started by the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company. Much of the land was opened up for citrus orchards and country estates. During the early history of the 8,650-acre subdivision, building and planting requirements were made part of the purchase contracts and a noted city planner was hired to help supervise development, making Rancho Santa Fe one of the nation's first planned communities. The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe was built in 1923 to attract prospective buyers, and the Inn continues to be a successful resort. Today, the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company is continuing this tradition of well-planned development. In addition to the mixed-use project that will adjoin this historic depot, Santa Fe is pursuing a 400-acre joint venture project with Watt Industries along the Chula Vista bayfront.
2. SANTAF_160720_39.JPG: Rancho Santa Fe's main street of 1926, looking west toward the Inn. Santa Fe Land Improvement Company's project headquarters can be seen on the right.
3. SANTAF_160720_42.JPG: The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, surrounded by eucalyptus trees, as it appeared in 1949.
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Wikipedia Description: Union Station (San Diego, California)
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Union Station in San Diego, California, much more commonly known as the Santa Fe Depot, is a train station built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the small Victorian-style structure erected in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company. The Spanish Colonial Revival style station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its architecture, particularly the signature twin domes, is often echoed in the design of modern buildings in Downtown San Diego. A wing now houses the downtown branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

The Santa Fe Depot (as it was originally designated) officially opened on March 8, 1915, to accommodate visitors to the Panama-California Exposition. The depot was completed during a particularly optimistic period in the City's development, and represents the battle waged by the City of San Diego to become the West Coast terminus of the Santa Fe Railway system’s transcontinental railroad, a fight that was ultimately lost to the City of Los Angeles.

In its heyday, the facility not only handled Santa Fe traffic but also that of the San Diego and Arizona Railway (SD&A) and San Diego Electric Railway (SDERy). The designation was officially changed to "San Diego Union Station" in response to the SD&A's completion of its own transcontinental line in December 1919. The Santa Fe resumed solo operation of the station in January, 1951 when the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (successor to the SD&A) discontinued passenger service, the SDERy having ceased operation some two years prior.

The historic depot is located in Centre City (Downtown San Diego) and is still an active transportation center, providing services to Amtrak, the San Diego Coaster, the San Diego Trolley, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System bus system. Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak in Fiscal Year 2013, the Santa Fe Depot was ...More...
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2016 photos: Seven relatively short trips this year: two Civil War Trust conference (Gettysburg, PA and West Point, NY, with a side-trip to New York City), my 11th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Utah, Nevada, and California), a quick trip to Michigan for Uncle Wayne's funeral, two additional trips to New York City, and a Civil Rights site trip to Alabama during the November elections. Being in places where people died to preserve the rights of minority voters made the Trumputin election even more depressing. Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: just over 610,000.
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