SAN DIEGO, CA — From the standpoint of research today was like yesterday, spent mainly in the reading room of the San Diego Historical Society's archives.  But to make it somewhat different, instead of parking on Park Ave., I parked just inside the park near 6th Street, then walked over the Cabrillo Bridge, with its fabulous view of downtown San Diego.  Although they were all familiar to me, proceeding west to east,  I enjoyed the sites including the dog exercise area, the bridge and California tower, the Atlantic-Pacific entryway (celebrating the Panama Canal); the salute to various San Diego pioneers including Marcus Schiller; the banners for the Museum of Man; the arcade of the House of Charm; the view of the House of Hospitality—all en route.  Returning to my car, I enjoyed looking at northbound 163 from the Cabrillo Bridge, lawn bowling, and the statue of Kate Sessions.  So here's my tour, with the only indoor photo being of the reading room at the archives:

 

                
 




 



Top Row: Dog exercise area, and downtown skyline from Cabrillo Bridge; 2nd Row: eastbound Cabrillo 
Bridge leading to entryway and to California tower, and engineers plaque.  3rd Row: Two views of the 
Museum of Man, with its baroque architecture.  4th Row: Figures representing the Atlantic and Pacific above archway, celebrating the 1915 opening of the Panama Canal, and plaque commending city fathers who had foresight to set the land aside—including Marcus Schiller, as a city trustee; 5th Row: Banners for two exhibits at the Museum of Man: Body Ornamentation and Footsteps Through Time.  6th Row: Arcade through the House of Charm and approach to the House of Hospitality.  Plaque for the reconstruction of the House of Hospitality, accomplished during administration of Mayor Susan Golding, and the Botanical Building; 7th Row: The reading room of the San Diego Historical Society archives, where I spent most of the day, and flags at half-staff at the Old Globe Theatre during mourning period for the late U.S. President Gerald R. Ford; 8th row: advertising banner for the Old Globe Theatre and a view from Cabrillo Bridge of northbound State Route 163; 9th Row: Lawn Bowling area of Balboa Park.  10th Row: Statue and plaque for Kate Sessions, San Diego's pioneer horticulturalist.  {Donald H. Harriosn Digital photos, Olympus Camedia C-2500L}