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Mission Hills by Allen Hazard (2015, Trade Paperback)

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First, there was Sarah Miller, stepdaughter of Captain Johnston of the SS Orizaba. Nolan's plan, however, was never adopted. Then, in 1909, the city announced plans to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-101467132683

ISBN-139781467132688

eBay Product ID (ePID)208600845

Product Key Features

Book TitleMission Hills

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), General, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Social Science, Photography, History

AuthorAllen Hazard

Book SeriesImages of America Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight0.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-910312

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal979.4/985

SynopsisSeveral visionaries shaped the character that defines present-day Mission Hills. First, there was Sarah Miller, stepdaughter of Captain Johnston of the SS Orizaba. She inherited land from him and built a dream home overlooking Old Town and the Pacific Ocean. There was also Kate Sessions, the mother of Balboa Park, whose nursery growing grounds just outside the original Mission Hills subdivision proved difficult for her clientele to traverse, leading her to convince transportation mogul John D. Spreckles to expand the streetcar route to accommodate her business. In 1905, George Marston, a San Diego civic leader, commissioned landscape architect and urban planner John Nolan to implement a development plan for the city. Nolan's plan, however, was never adopted. In 1908, as if to prove what was possible, Marston's syndicate formed the restricted subdivision of Mission Hills. Then, in 1909, the city announced plans to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. The fuse was lit, and the boom that followed brought builders and skilled artisans to San Diego. As a result, Mission Hills became architecturally magnificent.

LC Classification NumberF869.S22H39 2015