Spanish Style Building in Balboa Park in San Diego California USA
Tall Ships in the festival of Sail at the Maritime Museum in San Diego. The original town of San Diego was located at the foot of Presidio Hill, in the area which is now Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. In the late 1860s, a move to "New Town", several miles south of the original settlement, in the area which became Downtown San Diego. People and businesses flocked to New Town because of its location on San Diego Bay convenient to shipping. New Town quickly eclipsed the original settlement, known to this day as Old Town, and became the economic and governmental heart of the city. In the early part of the 20th century, San Diego hosted two World's Fairs: the Panama-California Exposition in 1915 and the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. Both expositions were held in Balboa Park, and many of the Spanish/Baroque-style buildings that were built for those expositions remain to this day as central features of the park. The menagerie of exotic animals featured at the 1915 exposition provided the basis for the San Diego Zoo. Significant Navy presence began in 1901 with the establishment of the Navy Coaling Station in Point Loma, and expanded greatly during the 1920s. During World War II, San Diego became a major hub of military and defence activity, due to the presence of so many military installations and defence manufacturers. After World War II, the military continued to play a major role in the local economy. The resulting downturn led San Diego leaders to seek to diversify the city's economy by focusing on research and science, as well as tourism.
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Location: Balboa Park San Diego California USA
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
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