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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by Source on November 30, 2023 · 3 comments
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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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Who cares? Really? If street lights that are copying oringals is something to worry about you haven’t been reading the news.
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
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.