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Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. [3] [4] Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in ...
Today the houses occupy the historic 1935 Exposition cottages plus 4 new cottages, provided by the City of San Diego in Balboa Park, [1] which was constructed for the Panama–California Exposition in 1915 and enlarged for the California-Pacific International Exposition in 1935.
The Spanish Village Art Center is an art center in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] Anni von Westrum Baldaugh was among the artists who had studio space at the Spanish Village. [2] Current tenants include the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society and the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs.
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]
It is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building, which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. [5] The museum was established by articles of incorporation on October 12, 1961, and opened to the public on February 15, 1963.
The Fleet Science Center is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today. [2]
Balboa Park: A Millennium History. Heritage Media Corp. p. 155. ISBN 1-886483-40-X. [After the February 22, 1978 fire,] The Electric Building's ruins were cleared away and the $8 million Casa de Balboa, a replica of the 1915 Commerce and Industries Building, replaced it in 1982 ... Also new [in the Casa de Balboa] was the Museum of Photographic ...
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]