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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Old Town Blogs
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Five & Mime
By mightymo - September 2, 2009
If you have ever been to the historic Old Town located in the heart of San Diego then it doesn’t ...
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Magic in Middletown
By Cram - May 27, 2009
Growing up on Mission Bay in the 50’s was fun for a child my age. There were lots of other ...
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Christmas in Old Town
By mepg41 - November 8, 2008
Like many people, I love Christmas!! I know; it is busy, commercial, exciting, and friendly. I look forward to it, ...
Old Town Photos
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misshottie45: Dancers in Old Town.
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misshottie45: Performers in Old Town.
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misshottie45: Remodeling the Cosmopolitan in Old Town.
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kimrescate: Old Town
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misshottie45: Bell Tower on the La Casa De Estudillo Museaum in Old Town.
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misshottie45: A woman, with flowers, rests in Old Town.
Old Town Stories
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Happy Hour with Aguilar
By Ed Bedford, Jan. 6, 2010
The shiver. Down my spine. Can’t help feeling it every time I walk into Old Town. Honest. Something happens when you saunter up that dusty path from the trolley-bus depot, around the wooden fences, and into ...
Ken Falls Hard
By Jeff Smith, Oct. 7, 2009
Ken Carpenter doesn’t look like a dramatic lead. Soft-spoken, bespectacled, a slight humble stoop in the shoulders, the 57-year-old’s a successful insurance salesman in Lincoln, Nebraska. He’s been with one woman for the past 40 years, ...
To the Point
By Karen Guarnotta, Sept. 17, 2009
After years of being closed to cars, Presidio Park's Inspiration Point access road began getting necessary repairs back in the spring. Work is projected to finish up this October. The road's two new retaining walls will ...
Pedicab Wars
By Bill Manson, Sept. 9, 2009
Roll 'em! Straight-to-camera, Guy Harinton yells, “Why can’t I kill one of them little fuckers?!” He’s frothing. Here, at the Embarcadero’s Coronado ferry landing, a foreign-student pedicab driver has just ridden off with a load of ...
Smoking Trolley
By Robert Duffy, June 29, 2009
At approximately 9.15 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, as an M.T.S. Blue Line trolley en route to Old Town arrived at the Civic Centre stop, commuters onboard were forced to evacuate the train as smoke poured ...
Let’s Toast to Banning Booze
By Dorian Hargrove, April 29, 2009
During District 2 councilmember Kevin Faulconer’s state of the district speech on April 27, he listed his accomplishments during the past three years. One of his proudest accomplishments so far has been banning alcohol from San ...
Old Town Celebrates Battalion Day
By Seth Beames, Feb. 2, 2009
The sixth annual Mormon Battalion Day celebration took place in Old Town on Saturday, January 31, commemorating the 161st anniversary of the arrival of the first American military sent to San Diego. The battalion set a ...
Picket Lines in Old Town
By Hayden Beames, Feb. 2, 2009
Picket lines paraded through Old Town San Diego in protest on Saturday, January 31. Approximately 30 workers beat drums, repeated chants shouted through a leader’s bull horn, and marched in and outside of the grounds of ...
Young Playwrights
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Jan. 25, 2009
The Playwrights Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting literacy, creativity, and communication skills through drama-based activities, in conjunction with the Cygnet Theatre Company, held its 24th season of Plays by Young Writers, January 15-25, 2009 ...
Rain, Rain, Come and Stay
By Dana Larson, Jan. 22, 2009
Clouds loomed over Old Town on Thursday, January 16th as residents said goodbye to the sun. “It’s about time,” one resident said. “We could sure use the rain!” According to the San Diego County Water Authority, ...
Booze Ban Driving Homeless Inland?
By Dorian Hargrove, June 30, 2008
Two opposing views regarding the ban on brew at San Diego's beaches inadvertently surfaced during the June 25th meeting of the Ocean Beach town council. When Officer David Surwilo, community liaison for the police department's Western ...
Pressing Need
By Joe Deegan, Dec. 13, 2007
You decide to take the trolley to Tijuana. The day goes well, and you're ready to start homeward. Before boarding the Blue Line, a cup of coffee at the McDonald's Trolley Station in San Ysidro sounds ...
Hushed House
By Jeff Smith, Aug. 22, 2007
I have always wanted to turn the eyes of local theater artists outward: have them look at examples of their craft in San Diego at large. Eric Lotze, the award-winning lighting designer for Cygnet, Moxie, and ...
Vitrified Clay Products Corp., 1923
By Robert Mizrachi, March 1, 2007
At the corner of Rosecrans and Pacific Highway, 1923. In 1911, three factories fired brick in San Diego; they produced 13 million bricks and grossed $100,000 in revenue. To order this photo please contact the San ...
Around Town New Year's Day
By Barbarella , Dec. 28, 2006
O n the first day of the year, the roads are empty and most televisions are tuned to the Rose Parade -- some for the flowers, others in anticipation of the Rose Bowl (USC against Michigan ...
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