Plaza de Panama Balboa Park

04/19/2019

It's over. Go ahead and congratulate yourselves on a decade long battle. Won.

Qualcomm cofounder Irwin Jacobs, who has for years championed a plan to overhaul the park’s central mesa, said that the Plaza de Panama Committee notified the city on Thursday that it is ending its public-private agreement to help fund the project.

04/02/2019

Protecting the People's Park for Over a Century:
Generations of San Diegans Fighting to Preserve Balboa Park

As far back as 1871, George Marston led protective efforts, and before the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition closed, citizens were organizing to save the "temporary" buildings and gardens. This discussion takes on added relevance with the recent announcement that the massive Plaza de Panama project for the park's historic core is now on hiatus.

Nancy Carol Carter, an expert and author on Balboa Park horticulture and Kate Sessions, the nurserywoman and horticulturist who helped transform a dusty mesa into San Diego's crown jewel, will present the history of the People's Park from 1870 to 1915. Mike Kelly, president since 2006 of The Committee of One Hundred—a nonprofit group that preserves Balboa Park's historic architecture, gardens, and public spaces—will summarize the history from 1915-1940. Urban designer and planner Howard Blackson, who helped remove the parked cars from the Plaza de Panama and revitalize it for pedestrians, will tell the park's story from 1940 to the present. Judy Swink, a former librarian who became familiar with Balboa Park history while working for the civic group C-3, will serve as moderator.

TICKETS and More info HERE: http://www.sohosandiego.org/main/event_terracetalks040619.htm

Save Our Heritage Organisation, SOHO is presenting two

02/13/2019

"Mayor Kevin Faulconer and a group of major philanthropists are shelving a plan to remodel Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama after bids for the project came in way over budget last month."

Mayor Kevin Faulconer and a group of major philanthropists are shelving a plan to remodel Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama after bids for the project came in way over budget last month.

05/29/2018

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05/04/2018

The Alcazar Garden during the California-Pacific Exposition 1935 in . Image from calisphere.

05/02/2018

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04/30/2018

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04/27/2018

Panama-California Exposition 1915.

04/25/2018

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