Don't worry, there will be more Disneyland tomorrow from the same collection of slides.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Spanish Village Art Center Balboa Park San Diego
Taking a little detour down to San Diego, here is a tourist attraction that still looks almost the same. The largest collection of studios and artists in San Diego. Originally created for the 1933 (edit- make that 1935) Fair as a recreation of a Spanish Village, the area was changed and filled with artists and craft artisans. If you head down to San Diego, you can see the village. But I do not think there is a Don's Taco there now. The poster in the first slide is for the 1958 San Diego Fair.
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Your pics today remind me of Olivera Street in Los Angeles. We only visited once every few years when my grandparents came out from NYC. Nice place to spend an afternoon. I wish I still had some of those tourista tchotchkis I bought back in 1970.
Katella and me think alike! That last shot looks just like Olivera St.! Do you know what year these are from?
Really wonderful photos! I love 1950's California. The last two photos do look a lot like Olvera Street, although there are more trees in your photos than I remember ever being in Los Angeles.
Loving these! One can still find most of this area intact today in Balboa Park (worth the trip!). But wasn't this village built for the 1935 fair? There's still many structures standing from that fair - as well as the previous 1915exposition. Walk the El Prado and be completely amazed!
Really enjoyed those photos. I want one of Don’s Famous Tacos!
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