Ron,

Being a San Diegan myself, I appreciate the history
lesson.  Now that things are a bit more clear as well,
would we be talking gardens or landscaping?  And is
there a considerable difference?

--- Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> During the development of the interurban electric
> rail system in San Diego,  
> California, John D. Spreckels and his colleagues
> developed the famous Mission  
> Cliffs Gardens on the edge of an upland overlooking
> Mission Valley and the 
> San  Diego River to the north. This right angle turn
> on the San Diego Electric  
> Railway was less than one mile from the trolley
> barns. During the 1915-1916  
> Panama-California Exposition, this was a primary
> sight-seeing stop and a great  
> many tourists actually bought land in the
> surrounding University Heights  
> neighborhood. People from all over the region would
> take the trolley to the  
> Mission Cliffs Gardens to walk on the paths, relax,
> read, and just stare out the  
> views. During the Great Depression, the gardens fell
> into ruin and the 
> property  sold for a housing project. The perimeter
> stone walls and an internal 
> garden  circular wall have been landmarked and are
> protected. The trolley line 
> ceased in  1949, when President Isenhower ordered
> the Interstate freeway system to 
> replace  aging interurban rail lines across the
> nation (some think the 
> emerging auto  industry, tire industry, and oil
> industry lobbied him to make that  
> policy).
>  
> Ron May
>  
> 


Cheers,

Brad Holderman
619.994.6686
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