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Balboa Park Activity Center; Balboa Park Carousel, built in 1910 and located in Balboa Park since 1922. It was originally in the location where the Fleet Science Center is now, and was moved to its current spot near the Zoo entrance in 1968. It retains most of its 100-year-old original equipment: 52 hand-carved wooden animals and four chariots ...
In 1982, the San Diego Historical Society moved its collections and research library to the Casa de Balboa building [5] in Balboa Park (maintaining the Serra Museum as an auxiliary museum and education center), and the Society changed its name to the San Diego History Center in 2010. [1] [6]
The California Quadrangle, California Building, and California Tower are historic structures located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.They were built for the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition and served as the grand entry to the event. [3]
The Casa de Balboa in 2004. The Casa de Balboa is a building in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] The building was originally known as the Commerce and Industries Building, and later called the Canadian Building, the Palace of Better Housing, and the Electric Building.
El Prado Complex is a historic district in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The 13-acre (5.3 ha) complex includes 13 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The 13-acre (5.3 ha) complex includes 13 contributing buildings and one contributing structure.
The Botanical Building is a historic building in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.Built for the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition, it remains one of the largest lath structures in the world. [1]
The San Diego Natural History Museum is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1874 as the San Diego Society of Natural History. It is the second oldest scientific institution west of the Mississippi and the oldest in Southern California. The present location of the museum was dedicated on January 14, 1933.
The Ford Building is a Streamline Moderne structure in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that serves as the home of the San Diego Air & Space Museum.The building was built by the Ford Motor Company for the California Pacific International Exposition, which was held in 1935 and 1936.