BGuthrie Photos: CA -- San Diego -- Horton Plaza Park

CA -- San Diego -- Horton Plaza Park:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. HORPPK_190716_15.JPG: Junípero Serra
2. HORPPK_190716_34.JPG: Juan Cabrillo
3. HORPPK_190716_43.JPG: Alonzo Horton
4. HORPPK_190716_47.JPG: Preserved ... the city of San Diego by Louise ... Wilde 1909 A.D.
5. HORPPK_190716_83.JPG: Save Our Heritage Organisation with the Mayor and City Council and the Center City Development Corporation proudly rededicate Horton Plaza on the occasion of its 75th anniversary to the people of San Diego, September 28, 1985, Honorable Roger Hedgecock, Mayor
Wikipedia Description: Horton Plaza and Fountain
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Horton Plaza is a half block city park sold to the city of San Diego in 1895 by its namesake, Alonzo Horton. Originally, the plaza was intended for use by his guests staying at the Horton House Hotel. The fountain in the middle of the plaza was designed by Irving Gill and installed in 1909.

History

In the 1960s and 1970s the plaza was a major public transit center, with most public buses that entered downtown having stops there. The entire area was run down by the 1960s, and the plaza was home to a substantial homeless population.

The plaza was designated a historical landmark by the City of San Diego on March 19, 1971.

On November 2, 1960, then Senator John F. Kennedy spoke at Horton Plaza to make a last-minute appeal for votes just six days before the 1960 Presidential Election.
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2019 photos: Overnight trips this year: (May, August, October, December) Four trips to New York City (including the United Nations, Flushing, and the New York Comic-Con), (July) My 14th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Utah). (August) Massachusetts (Boston, Stockbridge, and Springfield) to experie/nce rain in another state, and (August) Asheville, NC to visit Dad and his wife Dixie. 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: about 582,000.
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