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San Diego: Topographic Views of Skyline

Gilchrist, Scott
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/145316
Date
2008
Description
Balboa Park, seen from San Diego Freeway, with downtown in the distance; The development of skyscrapers over 300 feet (91 m) in San Diego is attributed to the construction of the El Cortez Apartment Hotel in 1927, the tallest building in the city from 1927 to 1963. As time went on multiple buildings claimed the title of San Diego's tallest skyscraper, including the Union Bank of California Building and Symphony Towers. Currently the tallest building in San Diego is One America Plaza, standing 500 feet (150 m) tall, which was completed in 1991. The downtown skyline contains no super-talls, as a regulation put in place by the Federal Aviation Administration in the 1970s set a 500 feet (152 m) limit on the height of buildings due to the proximity of San Diego International Airport. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/15/2012)
Type of Work
photograph; topographical view
Subject
architecture, cityscape, contemporary (1960 to present), City planning, Roads Design and construction, urban renewal, skyscrapers, high-rise development, Twenty-first century
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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