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2009 - Volume 40, Issue 1/2

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Lost San Diego

Alonzo Horton's Home Northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Fir Street. Bulldozed in 1956 for an office building, which has been replaced by yet another office building. The Father of San Diego built his mansion in 1885 during the "Boom of the Eighties," the period of his greatest prosperity. His first house, an 1869 Gothic cottage, was torn down in that same year. Designed for the San Diego climate, the house was built to catch the ocean breezes and was naturally cooled with a clerestory atrium in the center of the house. Constructed of all first-growth redwood and Douglas fir, a quality of wood that is not available today at any price. These irreplaceable resources were wasted and relegated to the landfill. Historic postcard image courtesy Coons collection; modern photo by Bruce Coons.

More from this issue From the Editor By Alana Coons 2009 People In Preservation Award Winners Historic Preservation & Environmental Conservation By Jaye Furlonger The Green Game By Alana Coons & Erik Hanson Making your historic home more energy efficient By Curtis Drake Your home's landscape is green in more ways than one By Alexander D. Bevil San Diego Trust & Savings Bank Building By Pamela Hartwell Black Gold in San Diego By Mike Bryant 2009 Most Endangered List of Historic Resources Tragedy Unfolds By Victor A. Walsh Preservation Community How to become an advocate Kensington Park Heritage Trees By Maggie McCann Edgemoor, the not so poor, Farm By Martha (Pearce) Martin New Online Document in Digital Library Preservation Story Reflections President's Message on SOHO's 40th Anniversary By Curtis Drake A 40-Year Retrospective of SOHO Expanded Tours at the Whaley House Recognition The Whaley House Porch Returns By Dean Glass Museum News: Marston House Borrego Springs Modern lll Borrego's future lies in its past Adobe University An Enchanted Evening at PIP By Ann Jarmusch Strength in Numbers - Membership Looking for historic homes, gardens or commercial sites Help Us Lost San Diego Congratulations from Advertisers Download full magazine as pdf (15.4mb)

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