A SoCal Saturday Urban Hike

[turpin]

Very enjoyable overview, and I especially liked the conmtrasting historic photos. It gives a reall sense of how our cities have developed over time.

[Scott Gilmore]

Glad to hear folks got a kick out of this.

Very enjoyable overview, and I especially liked the contrasting historic photos. It gives a real sense of how our cities have developed over time.

Yes, this is the aspect of San Diego, and of other western communities I suppose, that have such a powerful impact once understood.

In this thread, we visited the Spruce Street suspension footbridge. As a reminder, this is what it looks like now.



But it looked very different at the time of its construction back in 1912. These little images highlight the contrast.



For the most part this illustrates our success in developing this part of the world. In some cases though, lush growth has (in my opinion) unfortunately obscured some of the natural and man-made features that made a location so special. Look for a future posting to illustrate specifically what I mean, but here's a hint.



Thanks everyone for participating in this thread.