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Books on the Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916):

The San Diego Garden Fair Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Horticulture, Color Scheme & Other Aesthetic Aspects of the Panama California International Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus; Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco, 1916, 81 pages plus photos 5.5Mb
The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Aesthetic Features of the Panama-California International Exposition by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Carleton Winslow; Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco 1916, 153 pages 5.9Mb
Exposition Memories Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1916, by George Wharton James, 1916, 216 pages 11Mb

Book on the California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936):

Inside Lights on the Building of San Diego's Exposition: 1935 by Richard Requa 1937, 151 pages 9.5Mb

Many City of San Diego documents are available by searching the City of San Diego's web site and from the City of San Diego's Balboa Park Task Force. More documents are available by searching the City Clerk Legislative Documents and the Consultant's Guide.

Balboa Park Master Plan, 1989

Balboa Park Master Plan 183 pages including appendices 13Mb
• Amendment adopted December 9, 1997 (City Council Resolution Number R-289537), incorporating the Balboa Park Activity Center.
• Amendment adopted May 4, 1998 (City Council Resolution Number R-290039), incorporating expansion of the Natural History Museum into open park land.
• Amendment adopted April 13, 2004 (City Council Resolution Number R-299085), incorporating the Park Boulevard Promenade Project.
• Amendment adopted September 21, 2004 (City Council Resolution Number R-299666), incorporating the Veterans Memorial Garden.

Balboa Park Central Mesa Precise Plan, 1992

Complete Document 404 pages + resolutions, 1992 (includes 140 pages of background and Plan) 106Mb
Central Mesa Precise Plan pp. 143-404 + resolutions 70Mb
• Amendment R-290039-2
Expansion of the Natural History Museum within the Park. 1998, 5Mb
• Amendment R-296206
West El Prado Arcade Project 2001, 0.6Mb
• Amendment R-299085
Park Blvd Promenade 2003, 22Mb

Balboa Park East Mesa Precise Plan, 1993

East Mesa Precise Plan 278 pages including appendices 13Mb

Jones and Jones Balboa Park Land Use, Circulation, and Parking Study 2004

Final Report 105 pages, 11/4/2004 18Mb
Final Report--Appendices 131 pages, 11/4/2004 3.5Mb
Discovery Phase White Paper 8/2003 40 pages 7Mb
Findings & Options White Paper 9/2003, 43 pages 11Mb
Preliminary Draft White Paper 10/2003, 32 pages 9Mb

Tilghman/Civitas Balboa Park Land Use & Circulation Plan, 2006

Parking Management Action Plan for Balboa Park, Central Mesa & Inspiration Point 117 pages, 7/2006 3Mb

Reports on Balboa Park Management/Governance:

The Future of Balboa Park: Keeping Balboa Park Magnificent in its Second Century Adopted by Balboa Park Task Force April 19, 2010 64 pages, 0.4Mb
The Future of Balboa Park: Funding, Management and Governance A report from the Balboa Park Committee Submitted to the Mayor & City Council of San Diego ; Balboa Park Committee; Adopted by the Balboa Park Committee, December 18, 2008 35 pages, 1.2Mb
The Soul of San Diego Keeping Balboa Park Magnificent In its Second Century; Center for City Park Excellence of the Trust for Public Land; January 2008 187 pages, includes 3 appendices, 1.4Mb

Other Books and Articles:

Spanish Colonial Architecture in Mexico by Sylvester Baxter; Plans by Bertram Goodhue; Gomez de Mora edition; pub by Millett, Art Library Pub. Co., 1901, ©1902; The text of this version is searchable but does not include all the plates from other versions. This page from the 1934 Spanish-language edition shows the dome of the parish church of Santa Prisca in Taxco, southwest of Mexico City, Goodhue's inspiration for the dome of Balboa Park's California Building. English, 236 pages, plus frontmatter, 14Mb
"A Little Journey to San Diego" from Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard Roycrofters, 1922 13 pages, 0.6Mb
"The School of American Archaeology" by Edgar L. Hewett, Art & Archaeology, pp 317-329, July-December, 1916, 14 pages, 1.3Mb
"Staging the Big Show: Behind the Scenes at the Panama-California Exposition at San Diego" by Walter v. Woehlke, Sunset July-Dec, 1914 12 pages, 1.6Mb
"The Fair at San Diego" by Bensel Smythe, The American Review of Reviews Jan-June 1915 6 pages, 1.7Mb
"A Little Journey to San Diego" The Philistine 19 pages, 0.4Mb
"San Diego's Dream City" The National Magazine April-Sept, 1915 7 pages, 1.0Mb
"Fine Arts at the San Diego Exposition" by Mark S. Watson, Art and Progress 11 pages, 1.5Mb
"San Diego Exposition" A.E. Winship, Journal of Education, Jan 28, 1915 3 pages, 0.4Mb
"The San Diego and San Francisco Expositions" by Christian Brinton, The International Studio, June 1915 7 pages, 1.1Mb
"Plucky Little San Diego and Her Exposition" by Rev. Willard Brown Thorp, The Congregationalist and Christian world March 18, 1915 2 pages, 0.5Mb
"A Concrete Arch Bridge at the San Diego Exposition--Beautiful and Permanent" Concrete-Cement Age, January 1914 4 pages, 1Mb
"From Aztec Cave to Conqueror's Castle" by William Templeton Johnson, The California Outlook, December 26, 1914 4 pages, 0.9Mb
"Edgar Lee Hewett 1865-1946" by Robert C Euler, Arizona and the West 7 pages, 0.9Mb
"Bertram G. Goodhue and the Renaissance of Spanish Colonial Architecture" by C. Matlack Price, The Architectural Record, Jan-June 1915 26 pages, 2.5Mb
Art & Archaeology Magazine, "Ancient America at the Panama-California Expsosition" article by Edgar L. Hewett, Introd. by W.H. Holmes, pp 65-105. V II, No. 3, November 1915, 40 pages, 4Mb
Bulletin of the Pan American Union, "Ground Breaking Ceremonies of the Panama-California Expsosition at San Diego, California"September 1911, 14 pages, 4Mb

Amero Collection at San Diego History Center Library:

Balboa Park History Index Richard Amero was awarded the 2010 Gertrude Gilbert Award for preserving the history of Balboa Park. Anyone researching Balboa Park history will welcome this 15Mb index searchable with Acrobat; download once and save to your computer for future use. Copies of many of the original documents are in the Amero Collection at the San Diego History Center Library.

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The Committee of One Hundred
Balboa Park Administration Building
2125 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101-4753


Please add me to The Committee of One Hundred e-mail list, which is never shared or sold. I can opt-out at any time. Email Address: Email Marketing by VerticalResponse	Documents are searchable PDF files. Use search function in Adobe Acrobat (Ctrl+F). Books on the Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916): The San Diego Garden Fair Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Horticulture, Color Scheme & Other Aesthetic Aspects of the Panama California International Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus; Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco, 1916, 81 pages plus photos 5.5Mb The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Aesthetic Features of the Panama-California International Exposition by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Carleton Winslow; Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco 1916, 153 pages 5.9Mb Exposition Memories Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1916, by George Wharton James, 1916, 216 pages 11Mb Book on the California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936): Inside Lights on the Building of San Diego's Exposition: 1935 by Richard Requa 1937, 151 pages 9.5Mb Many City of San Diego documents are available by searching the City of San Diego's web site and from the City of San Diego's Balboa Park Task Force. More documents are available by searching the City Clerk Legislative Documents and the Consultant's Guide. Balboa Park Master Plan, 1989 Balboa Park Master Plan 183 pages including appendices 13Mb • Amendment adopted December 9, 1997 (City Council Resolution Number R-289537), incorporating the Balboa Park Activity Center. • Amendment adopted May 4, 1998 (City Council Resolution Number R-290039), incorporating expansion of the Natural History Museum into open park land. • Amendment adopted April 13, 2004 (City Council Resolution Number R-299085), incorporating the Park Boulevard Promenade Project. • Amendment adopted September 21, 2004 (City Council Resolution Number R-299666), incorporating the Veterans Memorial Garden. Balboa Park Central Mesa Precise Plan, 1992 Complete Document 404 pages + resolutions, 1992 (includes 140 pages of background and Plan) 106Mb Central Mesa Precise Plan pp. 143-404 + resolutions 70Mb • Amendment R-290039-2 Expansion of the Natural History Museum within the Park. 1998, 5Mb • Amendment R-296206 West El Prado Arcade Project 2001, 0.6Mb • Amendment R-299085 Park Blvd Promenade 2003, 22Mb Balboa Park East Mesa Precise Plan, 1993 East Mesa Precise Plan 278 pages including appendices 13Mb Jones and Jones Balboa Park Land Use, Circulation, and Parking Study 2004 Final Report 105 pages, 11/4/2004 18Mb Final Report--Appendices 131 pages, 11/4/2004 3.5Mb Discovery Phase White Paper 8/2003 40 pages 7Mb Findings & Options White Paper 9/2003, 43 pages 11Mb Preliminary Draft White Paper 10/2003, 32 pages 9Mb Tilghman/Civitas Balboa Park Land Use & Circulation Plan, 2006 Parking Management Action Plan for Balboa Park, Central Mesa & Inspiration Point 117 pages, 7/2006 3Mb Reports on Balboa Park Management/Governance: The Future of Balboa Park: Keeping Balboa Park Magnificent in its Second Century Adopted by Balboa Park Task Force April 19, 2010 64 pages, 0.4Mb The Future of Balboa Park: Funding, Management and Governance A report from the Balboa Park Committee Submitted to the Mayor & City Council of San Diego ; Balboa Park Committee; Adopted by the Balboa Park Committee, December 18, 2008 35 pages, 1.2Mb The Soul of San Diego Keeping Balboa Park Magnificent In its Second Century; Center for City Park Excellence of the Trust for Public Land; January 2008 187 pages, includes 3 appendices, 1.4Mb Other Books and Articles: Spanish Colonial Architecture in Mexico by Sylvester Baxter; Plans by Bertram Goodhue; Gomez de Mora edition; pub by Millett, Art Library Pub. Co., 1901, ©1902; The text of this version is searchable but does not include all the plates from other versions. This page from the 1934 Spanish-language edition shows the dome of the parish church of Santa Prisca in Taxco, southwest of Mexico City, Goodhue's inspiration for the dome of Balboa Park's California Building. English, 236 pages, plus frontmatter, 14Mb "A Little Journey to San Diego" from Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard Roycrofters, 1922 13 pages, 0.6Mb "The School of American Archaeology" by Edgar L. Hewett, Art & Archaeology, pp 317-329, July-December, 1916, 14 pages, 1.3Mb "Staging the Big Show: Behind the Scenes at the Panama-California Exposition at San Diego" by Walter v. Woehlke, Sunset July-Dec, 1914 12 pages, 1.6Mb "The Fair at San Diego" by Bensel Smythe, The American Review of Reviews Jan-June 1915 6 pages, 1.7Mb "A Little Journey to San Diego" The Philistine 19 pages, 0.4Mb "San Diego's Dream City" The National Magazine April-Sept, 1915 7 pages, 1.0Mb "Fine Arts at the San Diego Exposition" by Mark S. Watson, Art and Progress 11 pages, 1.5Mb "San Diego Exposition" A.E. Winship, Journal of Education, Jan 28, 1915 3 pages, 0.4Mb "The San Diego and San Francisco Expositions" by Christian Brinton, The International Studio, June 1915 7 pages, 1.1Mb "Plucky Little San Diego and Her Exposition" by Rev. Willard Brown Thorp, The Congregationalist and Christian world March 18, 1915 2 pages, 0.5Mb "A Concrete Arch Bridge at the San Diego Exposition--Beautiful and Permanent" Concrete-Cement Age, January 1914 4 pages, 1Mb "From Aztec Cave to Conqueror's Castle" by William Templeton Johnson, The California Outlook, December 26, 1914 4 pages, 0.9Mb "Edgar Lee Hewett 1865-1946" by Robert C Euler, Arizona and the West 7 pages, 0.9Mb "Bertram G. Goodhue and the Renaissance of Spanish Colonial Architecture" by C. Matlack Price, The Architectural Record, Jan-June 1915 26 pages, 2.5Mb Art & Archaeology Magazine, "Ancient America at the Panama-California Expsosition" article by Edgar L. Hewett, Introd. by W.H. Holmes, pp 65-105. V II, No. 3, November 1915, 40 pages, 4Mb Bulletin of the Pan American Union, "Ground Breaking Ceremonies of the Panama-California Expsosition at San Diego, California"September 1911, 14 pages, 4Mb Amero Collection at San Diego History Center Library: Balboa Park History Index Richard Amero was awarded the 2010 Gertrude Gilbert Award for preserving the history of Balboa Park. Anyone researching Balboa Park history will welcome this 15Mb index searchable with Acrobat; download once and save to your computer for future use. Copies of many of the original documents are in the Amero Collection at the San Diego History Center Library. If you would like to suggest additional documents to be posted here, please contact: Or send by mail to: The Committee of One Hundred Balboa Park Administration Building 2125 Park Boulevard San Diego, CA 92101-4753