Balboa Park History 1993

January 4, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, E-5. Gift of statue of Balboa in limboCity does not have the money to hire a statue project manager; art work to be crafted by Guillermo Castano of Tijuana will cost $150,000.

January 16, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. House of Hospitality fixes go to preservation expert, by Ruth L. McKinnie

February 1, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, E-5. State of the Arts: House of Charm rebuilding to cost $10 million, by Preston Turegano.

February 11, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. Residents protest sports complex; threaten to file suit to bar it, by Terry Rogers.

April 15, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. City panel votes for new gym downtown; Council rejects Rancho Bernardo site, by Terry Rodgers.

March 4, 1993. Drawings of proposed statue of Balboa by Guillermo Castano

March 4, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Court rules Nativity display in Balboa park legal, by Lorie Hearn.

April 3, 1993, Los Angeles Times, Home Edition, Part A Section, A-1. Children of the Border: Caught in a Makeshift Life; Immigrants: Youths eke out a living in San Diego’s Balboa Park, Drugs, prostitution are means of survival, by Sebastian Rotella.

April 12, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, E-5. Copley Plaza festivities at Old Globe.

April 14, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. East Balboa Park improvements tab $50 million, by Terry Rodgers.

April 22, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. City’s plan to cut arts funding decried, by Pat Flynn.

May-June 1993. LETTERS expressing various opinions about proposed statue of Balboa in Balboa Park.

May 7, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. New design of statue of Balboa reflects cultural compromise on Balboa, by Terry Rodgers.

May 10, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. New era begins for Famosa Slough, plan to restore wetland completed, by Terry Rodgers.

May 13, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-10. Letter, John Perkins: Famosa Slough’s frustration to neighborhood residents.

May 16, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, F-1. Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles examines prejudice and roots of the Holocaust, by Joan Connell.

May 23, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, A-2. Balboa Park: A Landmark Turns 125

San Diego’s crown jewel touches lives of millions, by Terry Rodgers.

Can city’s latest 20-year project keep it shining?, by Roger M. Showley.

May 30, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, D-6. HINDSIGHT: Balboa Park is a jewel today, but the faceting took years; it all began in 1868 with Ephraim Morse, by Roger M. Showley.

June 6, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, E-7. MUSEUMS: the byword becomes “limits’; the threat – 50 percent cut, by Robert L. Pincus.

June 13, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, H-1. SMOKESTACKS AND GERANIUMS: San Diego got a lot from fair; 1893’s Exposition brought Chicago west, by Roger M. Showley.

June 13, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, D-6. One look at that palm tree and fairgoers knew San Diego was great, by Roger M. Showley.

June 13, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. Museum of Natural History must cut four staffers, entomology chief among victims of financial crunch, by Scott LaFee.

June 22, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, C-4. SAN DIEGO FORUM: The tax on tourists has a limit; Since the City Council will not raise the Transient Occupancy Tax this budget year, why the controversy?

June 24, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, E-2. Preserving park is still a mission, by Burl Stiff.

June 24, 1993, READER (San Diego), 56. REVIEW: The collector undergoes a brain scan; on the evidence of his collection, Paley was attracted to strong, assertive, self-confident people, by Jonathan Saville.

June 24, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-15. Letter, Diane Kennedy: Closing public parks would be a doomsday decision.

June 24, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-15. Playground talk divides a community, by Tershia d’Elgin.

June 29, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Slaying speeds up a boost in park cops, by Kelly Thornton and Greg Moran.

July 7, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Free parking at Zoo added to endangered list, by Karen Kucher.

July 10, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Plan for downtown gym praised, but some raise security issues, by Mark Abner.

July 10, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-11. In which Golden Hill park to place playground is the issue, by Diane Kaiser.

July 12, 1993. LETTER, Anne Mudge, Public Voice Committee, Women’s Caucus for Art, to Elizabeth North regarding changes to proposed statue of Balboa in Balboa Park.

Summer 1993, REPORTER, Vol. 9, No. 6. Golden Hill’s tot lot controversy, you had to be there, by Aaron Hunter.

August 9, 1993. LETTER, Elizabeth North & Gaye North to Victoria l. Hamilton, executive director of the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture regarding changes to statue of Balboa in Balboa Park.

August 18, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, A-2. Below the surface, taggers seek to impress, by Richard Louv.

August 25, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, A-2. Graffiti fighters redrawing battle lines, by Richard Louv.

August 27, 1993. LETTER, Guillermo R. Castano to Elizabeth North regarding proposed statue of Balboa.

September 15, 1993, San Diego Daily Transcript, A-1. Municipal Gym to get a trim; Council asks CCDC staff to shave costs from building, by Lynne Carrier.

September 16, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-4. Computer game’s aim: help Balboa Park employees take mega-bite out of crime, by Joe Hughes.

September 26, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, G-3. Letter, Morton Friedlander: Rejected homeless shelter would have benefited park.

September 29, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Final gym designing authorized, by Terry Rodgers.

October 6, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-9. OPINION: City leaders are building a gym, but they are ignoring greater needs and the City Charter, by Ron Roberts.

October 12, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-3. House of Charm to get $10 million renovation and maybe new tenant, by Terry Rodgers.

October 13, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-9. Letter, Robert Broms: Cloning the House of Charm is like a death in Balboa Park.

November 10, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Fleet Theater unveils $14 million expansion plan, by Preston Turegano.

November 21, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, H-1, H-7. COMMENTARY: Gym project would make center city East shine, by Ann Jarmusch.

December 1, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-3. Fault line runs under downtown gym site, by Terry Rodgers.

December 2, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. Cold-weather shelter is open.

December 5, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-3. LETTERS,

Bob Dorn: People from east side excluded from coverage.

Ralph Roesling: Downtown gymnasium would anchor east end of Broadway.

Stephanie Aldrich: Use city funds for muni gym rather than for sports arena.

 

December 6, 1993, San Diego Daily Transcript, A-1. Gym is put on hold; Olympic teams may leave, by Lynne Carrier.

December 6, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-7. LETTERS,

Catherine A. Strohlein: House homeless in unused Naval Hospital buildings.

Charlene Ayers: Housing homeless in the park must depend on the location.

December 7, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-7. LETTERS, Gifford Claiborne: Temporary feeding facility for the homeless is not needed.

December 21, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, E-1. CRITIC-AT-LARGE: Park carousel delivers ageless entertainment, by Welton Jones.

December 26, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, H-9. Landscape awards (by the local chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects ) hit and miss by Karen C. Wilson.

The President’s Award, the ASLA’s highest honor, went to Wallace Roberts & Todd for its planning and research work on the Balboa Park’s East Mesa Precise Plan, a proposed redo of the park’s east section.

December 31, 1993, San Diego Daily Transcript, A-1, A-4. Indoor athletes to be pushed out of Balboa Park?, by Lynne Carrier.

HOMELESSNESS IN BALBOA PARK

February 24, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Plan would house 500 homeless at edge of park, by Terry Rodgers.

March 1, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-8. EDITORIAL: No tent city in the park; facility would be a magnet for homeless.

March 1, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, E-4. Hartley’s proposal for the homeless stirs up debate in Balboa Park, by Preston Turegano.

March 10, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. Homeless tour Balboa Park museums; protesters initially barred despite free-admission day, by Terry Rodgers.

March 22, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Homeless boys drawn to Balboa Park; Mexican street kids bring their social ills with them, by Fernando Romero.

April 12, 1993. DRAFT – GREATER DOWNTOWN SECURITY PLAN,.

April 18, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, G-3. A visit to the land of the homeless; one man’s story about why homeless people stay that way, by Dwight A. Hobbes.

April 19, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Helping the homeless; City has seen growing need for its cold-weather shelters, by Terry Rodgers.

April 20, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-7. LETTER, Patrick Alexander: Homeless site on park’s edge is a responsible solution.

April 20, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-5. OPINION, Lionel Van Deerlin: Take Back the Park – a linked strategy, tougher policy, help for the homeless.

April 21, 1993. Richard Amero: statement in opposition to a shelter for the homeless in Balboa Park.

April 22, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Shelter in park – can city afford it?; Council panel orders study of fiscal impact, by Terry Rodgers.

April 30, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-3. Ruling may revive food program for homeless, by Bob Rowland.

May 1993, UPTOWN, Vol. 8. Breaking the myths of the HOMELESS; local survey exposes common misconceptions, by Mark Gabrish Conlan.

May 20, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. Council gets plans for park shelter.

CITIZENS COORDINATE FOR CENTURY 2 POSITIONS, June/July 1993, regarding the proposed homeless shelter facility in Balboa Park.

June 1993, UPTOWN, Vol. 9. Male prostitution in Balboa Park, by Mark Gabrish Conlan.

August 4, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1, B-4. Shelter for homeless in park seems to gain, by Terry Rodgers.

August 13 – 22, 1993, America’s Finest City Week.

August 16, 1993, Los Angeles Times, B-1. Experts say cuts may double homelessness, by Ted Rohrlich.

August 23, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, A-2. Homeless need treatment, not handouts, by Jim Gogek.

August 31, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-7. LETTERS: Searching for answers to the homeless problem.

September 9, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-13. LETTER: Put the homeless in relocation camps and teach them skills.

September 1993, UPTOWN. The Hartley Balboa Park plan: good for security and the homeless?. By Rina Szwarc.

September 1, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-5. OPINION, Richard Amero: A public park is not the place.

No Date, LETTER, Richard Amero to National Association of Olmsted Parks,.

September 1, 1993, San Diego Review, 1, 4. Gimmie shelter: task force presents new option for Balboa Park’s homeless by Morton Friedlander.

September 12, 1993, San Diego Union- Tribune. Home in four hours (photo).

September 12, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, H-1. Park shelter ideas back, but better this time, by Ann Jarmusch.

September 13, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-5. Backlash on the homeless front: blaming those who try to help, by Henry Tarke.

September 14, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-6. EDITORIAL: A promising alternative – private groups are better to help the homeless.

September 14, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. New plan – downtown hotels for homeless, by

Terry Rodgers.

September 15, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, A-1. Park to have no homeless shelter, by Terry Rodgers.

September 16, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-2. Homeless may get hotel room break.

September 17, 1993, Los Angeles Times, A-3. Study of homeless finds small societies, by Marc Lacey.

September 19, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Stand Down stands up for homeless vets, by Terry Rodgers.

October 10, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, A-2. San Francisco takes realistic approach on homeless, by Jim Gogek.

October 25, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, A-3. Mean streets of San Francisco; Mayor wages war on city’s homeless, by Anne M. Peterson.

November 26, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Dispute flares over feeding needy in park, by Terry Rodgers.

November 28, 1993. LETTER, Elizabeth North to San Diego City Council objecting to feeding homeless in Balboa Park.

November 30, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Gym eyed as winter refuge for homeless, by Terry Rodgers.

December 1, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-3. City Council gym plan scores three-pointers for homeless, by Terry Rodgers.

December 16, 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune, B-1. Municipal Gym again sheltering homeless, by Terry Rodgers.

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