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San Diego Architecture from Mission to Modern: Guide to the Buildings, Planning, People, and Spaces That Shape the Region [Paperback]

Dirk Sutro (Author)
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December 5, 2002
This guidebook is geared toward anyone who wants to get out and see San DiegoÂ’s best buildings. By using the regional map provided, even those new to San Diego can figure out how to get where they want to go. Each neighborhood has its own map, and, wherever possible, essential buildings are clustered within walking distance of each other on one map. In many neighborhoods, one may park their car and explore the architectural attractions on foot.

Downtown San Diego and urban neighborhoods like Mission Hills and North Park get their obvious due, but this guide also includes beach cities and the North Coast as far as Oceanside, the inland sections of North County, East County, and it extends south to San Ysidro and Tijuana. Styles covered range from modern to Mediterranean

The full-color book has photographs to accompany each of the hundreds of listings, but is still compact enough to fit in a carÂ’s glove compartment.


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FINALLY—A GUIDE TO SAN DIEGO’S ARCHITECTURE

Over the years San Diego’s best architects have designed some of the most interesting buildings in the country, which are often overlooked by the national media. In just over 100 years, San Diego moved from missions to Spanish Romance, then to Irving Gill’s primal modernism, followed by decades of fine post-WW II modernism. Recently, a new generation of architects has been quietly redefining regional architecture.

Over the past 25 years, the San Diego region has come of age: its population exceeds 3 million, plus another 1.3 million in neighboring Tijuana. America’s Finest City, and the county that surrounds it, deserves a serious, in-depth architectural study. San Diego Architecture: From Missions to Modern fills that need—presenting not only the architecture and buildings themselves, but some of the important stories, institutions, plans, political forces, and people behind those designs.

About the Author

Dirk Sutro (West Coast Wave: New California Houses and Jazz for Dummies) was the architecture critic for the San Diego edition of the Los Angeles Times from 1988 to 1992 and editor of San Diego Home/Garden from 1993 to 1997. His articles have appeared in Architecture and Landscape Architecture magazines, and he hosts "The Lounge," a nightly arts and culture show on KPBS-Radio.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Sunbelt Publications (December 5, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0972602003
  • ISBN-13: 978-0972602006
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 3.9 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,133,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cool but Kind of Rah-Rah..., May 25, 2004
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This review is from: San Diego Architecture from Mission to Modern: Guide to the Buildings, Planning, People, and Spaces That Shape the Region (Paperback)
Handy to have around. Certainly the most comprehensive (and only) guide to San Diego architecture that I've been able to find. Well organized with plenty of pictures and addresses. Also contains several mini-narratives of regional history.

Sutro isn't biased towards one or more specific time periods as compared to other time periods. This suprised me, but I guess it reflects his attempt to be even handed (I also noted that the Publisher is supported by several developers). Whatever, Sutro's credentials are bonafide as a journalist, so I won't quibble.

Still, it was a little bit shocking to hear him waxing enthusiasticly about some of the more recent condo developments downtown.

Also, I saw an unaddressed picture of a Victorian in the Bankers Hill section of the book that has been moved to Golden Hill. I wasn't sure what was up with that.

Perhaps the coolest part of this book is reading about the past (often bawdy) history of some of the buildings in Downtown and the East Village. For instance, they used to keep zoo animals in the basement of the Granger Building (5th and Broadway), and the Jerome's Furniture warehouse at fifteenth and Broadway was once a venue where people watched boxing and wrestling matches!

Another highlight is his section on the East County region. I was fairly dissapointed with the coverage of areas like Del Mar and National City.

All criticism aside, the subject matter, clear organization and over all usefulnesss make this book a "must have" for anyone interested in the subject.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, February 6, 2003
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This book has been a great find. It is well organized with buildings grouped in sections based on their neighborhood or community location--39 different divisions. Each section provides a building-coded map and a brief but good overview of the area. The biggest plus--a photo for EACH building, unfortunately not always a feature of architectural guidebooks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great guidebook, January 14, 2003
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This is a fine book -- I already took two of the walking tours and it was very enjoyable to see new places in neighborhoods I thought I knew so well. The author really did his homework, and it shows in the introductions to each area--good, clear writing is so rare these days. Plus the color photographs are excellent and there is one for every listing!
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