Balboa Park Research Paper

Balboa Park is one of the most significant symbol of the city of San Diego. Not only because of its unique Spanish-Colonial façade building design which inspirated from the Spanish churches in Mexico makes it as a remarkable and considerable place, but also the time when it stimulated with the conflicts of social, economic and aesthetic worth. As year as 1867,a 960 acres of pueblo lands which located in area which now named as downtown San diego was sold to an enterprising, Alonzo E. Horton. And soon, On February 15, 1868, a Trustee of the City of San Diego, Emphraim W. Morse purposed to use 160 acre pueblo lots to preserve a land park for the local people and the future generation to enjoy. With the help of the other two board members, Thomas Bush and J.S. Manasse, this far-sighted idea and purposal was finally accepted and agreed by Horton. On May 26, 1868, The city park known as as the “Balboa Park” preserved permanently and formally established to bring the most largest urban cultural park to the city of San Diego. And the park

In the coming years, Kate never forgot on her promise and faithfully planting more than 300 exotic trees and shrubs at the northwest corner of City Park (Balboa Park). Both her passion and early effort for the park are greatly influenced the ambience and vibrant of the San Diego, even nowadays. And during the World Wars, the park was used as a military foundation, but after the end of the was, the park continued to further develop its open space and many buildings were established to use as the cultural and recreation center with the Indian Pueblo or Mayan design, some of the facilities also became the museums