Balboa Park News
Unleashing Frustration Over Dog Park Budget Cuts:
Nate’s Point dog owners voice opinions about water conservation measures.
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12146753
WiFi comes to Balboa Park:
Friends of Balboa Park offer FREE WiFi from Information Kiosks
Click here for press release
voiceofsandiego.org:
www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/06/01/people/915ritchie053109.txt
Keeping an Urban Forest, and Resurrecting Trampled Flowerbeds Besides
Project For Public Spaces:
In September 2004 Balboa Park was selected by Project For Public Spaces as one of the best parks in the world – one of only 9 in the United States so honored – and the best park west of New York City.
Click here to read “The World’s Best and Worst parks.”
In 2003 the same organization included Balboa Park on the short list (6 parks) for selection as “best of the best” urban parks in the United States.
Click here to read “Great public spaces: Celebrating the best of America’s urban parks.
1935 California Pacific International Exposition:
Click here for an interesting article about the 1935 Exposition. (Reprinted with permission from the book San Diego’s Balboa Park, by David Marshall, AIA. Available in bookstores and online at www.arcadiapublishing.com).
The Future of Balboa Park: Funding, Management and Governance:
Click here for the final report adopted by the Balboa Park Committee and submitted to the mayor and city council.
Governing the Park:
The Soul of San Diego — Keeping Balboa Park Magnificent In its Second Century
Click here for this landmark study of Balboa Park by The Trust for Public Land.
Botanical Building:
Click here for “The History of the Botanical Building” by Paul Sirois, District Manager of Balboa Park in the January/February 2008 issue of California Garden, published by the San Diego Floral Association.
Park of Promise:
Select these links for San Diego Union-Tribune columnist and historian Roger Showley’s 2015 wish list and challenge:
www.signonsandiego.com/articlelink/fobp3/fobp3.html
www.signonsandiego.com/articlelink/fobp2/fobp2.html
Balboa Park Task Force:
The Balboa Park Task Force is a Mayor-appointed volunteer advisory task force to develop recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on a new non profit public-benefit entity to work with the City’s Park and Recreation Department on fundraising and park management.
http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/general-info/bptf.shtml
