San Diego: Views of Past and Present

Rating:
Summary: A journey back in time
Review: I think that a very good way to get a sense of where we are in the continuum of time is to examine photographs of familiar places as they were in the distant or even not-too-distant past. Roger Showley and George Jezek have assembled an outstanding collection of San Diego photographs of the past and juxtaposed them with present-day photographs of the same places to give the reader an excellent idea of how this city, often touted as an up-and-coming city, did indeed have a very colorful past. Many buildings that San Diegans are familiar with today, particularly in the historic Gaslamp Quarter, were in existence at the turn of the last century, long before anybody ever heard of the San Diego Zoo or the Navy began its presence here. This volume has recently been reissued as SAN DIEGO PAST AND PRESENT.

Rating:
Summary: A journey back in time
Review: I think that a very good way to get a sense of where we are in the continuum of time is to examine photographs of familiar places as they were in the distant or even not-too-distant past. Roger Showley and George Jezek have assembled an outstanding collection of San Diego photographs of the past and juxtaposed them with present-day photographs of the same places to give the reader an excellent idea of how this city, often touted as an up-and-coming city, did indeed have a very colorful past. Many buildings that San Diegans are familiar with today, particularly in the historic Gaslamp Quarter, were in existence at the turn of the last century, long before anybody ever heard of the San Diego Zoo or the Navy began its presence here. This volume has recently been reissued as SAN DIEGO PAST AND PRESENT.