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San Diego Central Library
From certain angles the San Diego downtown skyline has a strange feature; an egg-shaped dome. Even from a distance the dome doesn’t appear solid but more like the skeleton of a dome. Perhaps someone’s building a government capitol or a large church? Wrong on all counts — not only is the dome complete, it’s part…
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Spruce Street Suspension Bridge at night
Every old city has its unique elements, but San Diego’s Spruce Street Suspension Bridge is a particularly peculiar element of its early 20th century heritage. This pedestrian-only bridge crosses a ravine between two residential areas with a shaky, unstable footpath. Before modern times most city bridges were built with rigidity in mind. The first suspension…
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San Diego’s waterfront sculptures
San Diego’s waterfront has a lot of touristy crap — pedicabs, people hawking “homemade” wares, living statues, dubious ferry rides, etc. Taking a walk down the waterfront the first thing that caught my eye was the above “Joy” pier with the flags at half mast. Why were they at half mast? Not really sure. There’s…
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San Diego first impressions… again
It’s been over a decade since my last visit to San Diego — and that was for a conference so it doesn’t count. (Especially if I leave out the part where I spent time at the beach and visited the zoo.) Today I arrived in San Diego for a little post-Christmas vacation. Stepping off the…
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