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Star of India was built in 1863 as Euterpe, a full-rigged iron windjammer ship in Ramsey, Isle of Man. After a full career sailing from Great Britain to India then to New Zealand, she became a salmon hauler on the Alaska then to California route. After retirement in 1926[1], she was restored between 1962 and 1963[4] and is now a seaworthy museum ship ported at the San Diego Maritime Museum in San Diego. She is the oldest ship that still sails regularly and the oldest iron hulled merchant ...

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Little Italy is a somewhat hilly neighborhood in Downtown San Diego, California that was originally a predominately Italian fishing neighborhood. It has since been gentrified and now Little Italy is a scenic neighborhood composed mostly of Italian restaurants, Italian retail shops, home design stores, art galleries, and residential units. Little Italy is one of the more active downtown neighborhoods and has frequent festivals and events including their very own Farmers Market. Also known as ...

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The Ford Building, a Streamline Moderne structure in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, serves as the home of the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The Ford Motor Company sponsored the building for the California Pacific International Exposition, which was held in 1935 and 1936. Ford was the exposition's principal exhibitor and invested $2.8 million in the 45000-square-foot (4200 m2) and 296 ft in diameter building to showcase its vehicles and other forms of transportation. The architect was ...

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Griffith Observatory Location Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California Architect John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley Construction started 20 June 1933 Style Art Deco Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in LA's Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a ...

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Griffith Observatory Location Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California Architect John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley Construction started 20 June 1933 Style Art Deco Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in LA's Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a ...

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The Recoleta Cemetery's status as a tourist attraction is rivaled by few other sights in Buenos Aires; some compare it to Père Lachaise in Paris. It was designed by Prospero Catelin of France, following a proposal by Bernardino Rivadavia, and opened in 1822 as a public cemetery for ordinary citizens. Now it hosts many former Presidents and, most famously, Eva Perón, in mausolea of marble, bronze and granite. Recoleta centers on a square in front of the Cemetery and the neighbouring Basilica ...

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The Recoleta Cemetery's status as a tourist attraction is rivaled by few other sights in Buenos Aires; some compare it to Père Lachaise in Paris. It was designed by Prospero Catelin of France, following a proposal by Bernardino Rivadavia, and opened in 1822 as a public cemetery for ordinary citizens. Now it hosts many former Presidents and, most famously, Eva Perón, in mausolea of marble, bronze and granite. Recoleta centers on a square in front of the Cemetery and the neighbouring Basilica ...

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The 11179-foot-long (3407 m or 2.1 mi) bridge ascends from Coronado at a 4.67 percent grade before curving 80 degrees toward San Diego. The span reaches a maximum height of 200 feet (61m), allowing the US Navy ships which operate out of the nearby Naval Station San Diego to pass underneath it. The five-lane bridge featured the longest box girder in the world until it was surpassed by a bridge in Chonqing, China in 2008. The Coronado Bridge construction started in February 1967, and the ...

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So Glad you asked: The Griffith J. Griffith Observatory in Hollywood, Los Angeles just added millions of dollars of refinement to the Griffith Park area: The SEASONS is one of the exhibits there: enchanting: Music by OOPHOI : the Lizard

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DAYTRIPPERS DELUXE 2009 MERCEDES BUS TOUR 1ST STOP THE 102 YEAR OF PHILLIPE'S FOR UNFORGETTABLE LUNCH, USPS POSTAL TERMINAL ANNEX, SCULPTURE, MURALS, WANDERING DOWN OLVERA ST TO AVILA ADOBE OLDEST HOUSE IN LA fr 1818.

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