The Very Latest Update on Loma Portal’s Beloved Vintage Street Lamps

by on November 30, 2023 · 3 comments

in Ocean Beach

Here’s the very latest update on Loma Portal’s historic, vintage, 100-year old and beloved street lamps — from the folks who publish the Peninsula News (who are way more on top of this issue than the Rag):

For any links at Peninsula News, go here.

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fish November 30, 2023 at 10:41 pm

Who cares? Really? If street lights that are copying oringals is something to worry about you haven’t been reading the news.

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Ron May November 30, 2023 at 11:41 pm

Newsflash!

Councilperson Jen Campbell’s staff sent me an email trying to defend these ugly modern light posts that are replacing our traditional 100-year old light posts on the grounds that none of the light posts in the “historic district” are being removed. Councilperson Campbell failed to understand that there are thousands of historical things outside of the districts that have yet to be reviewed by the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board. This problem has been exacerbated by the fact that after Mayor Todd Gloria got elected, all City staff working on surveys for historical districts were STOPPED and no one is talking as to why. To my knowledge there has never been an historical survey for the old light posts anywhere in the City of San Diego, but that does not mean the City staff have a green light to destroy everything that is not inside an historic district.

Ron May

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GML December 1, 2023 at 10:23 am

This is one of the rare cases where I would defend the city’s decision assuming that it would cost significantly more to repair/replace/maintain the current street lamps. They are iconic but not historical. Furthermore, there are way more important items to spend this money on.

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