{"id":11741,"date":"2012-02-26T14:59:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T22:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=11741"},"modified":"2012-02-26T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T22:59:17","slug":"mission-valley-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/26\/mission-valley-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Valley: Then And Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two images of Mission Valley, located here in San Diego, as viewed from almost the same vantage point. The image on the left is a photo, taken in 1885, from an exhibit in the tower of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegohistory.org\/serra_museum.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jun\u00edpero Serra Museum<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidio_of_San_Diego\" target=\"_blank\">Presidio Park<\/a>. The image on the right is a photo I took yesterday looking out of a window from that same museum tower. The most significant and striking difference for me is that now, thanks to Walt Disney, the world is in color. M&amp;Ms and rainbows must have been a lot more boring back then.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[11741]\"><img data-attachment-id=\"11742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/26\/mission-valley-then-and-now\/mission-valley-1885-2012\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012.jpg?fit=1152%2C384&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1152,384\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1330165999&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mission Valley 1885-2012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012.jpg?fit=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012.jpg?fit=570%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11742\" title=\"Mission Valley 1885-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012-300x100.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012.jpg?resize=1024%2C341&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mission-Valley-1885-2012.jpg?w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wonderful World of Color<\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_1\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_1\", {soundFile:\"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wYWNzd29ybGRzLmNvbS9ibG9ncy93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxMi8wMi8zLTE1LVdvbmRlcmZ1bC1Xb3JsZC1PZi1Db2xvci1NYWluLVRpdGxlLm1wMw\"});<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two images of Mission Valley, located here in San Diego, as viewed from almost the same vantage point. The image on the left is a photo, taken in 1885, from an exhibit in the tower of the Jun\u00edpero Serra Museum in Presidio Park. The image on the right is a photo I took &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/26\/mission-valley-then-and-now\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-33n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11723,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/25\/the-first-padre\/","url_meta":{"origin":11741,"position":0},"title":"The First Padre","date":"February 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Revisited Presidio Park today, this time with my mom and sister, to finally tour the Jun\u00edpero Serra Museum. During the week it's really difficult to go inside, probably because it's only open on weekends. (See my previous post describing who Jun\u00edpero Serra was. I don't want to write all that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11713,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/23\/where-california-began\/","url_meta":{"origin":11741,"position":1},"title":"Where California Began","date":"February 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Took my mom to Presidio Park today, which on one side overlooks Interstate 8 running through Mission Valley, on another side looks toward SeaWorld and Mission Bay, and the third side overlooks Old Town, where San Diego was founded. Since the Serra Museum itself was closed I walked a few\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Museums&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11068,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/19\/balboa-park-meanderings\/","url_meta":{"origin":11741,"position":2},"title":"Balboa Park Meanderings","date":"January 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Continued my great day with some strolling around most of Balboa Park, from the Natural History Museum, across to the San Diego History Center with its library and archives, over to the California Tower by the Museum of Man, through Alcazar Garden, down to the Organ Pavilion, over to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15060,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2014\/01\/28\/biodiversity-in-baja-california\/","url_meta":{"origin":11741,"position":3},"title":"Biodiversity In Baja California","date":"January 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Attended what turned out to be a really entertaining presentation about a multidisciplinary expedition to Sierra Cacachilas in Mexico's Baja California Sur by some of the staff from the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park here in San Diego. The trip occurred last October and November but only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"SDNHM Baja01 01-28-14 lo-res","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SDNHM-Baja01-01-28-14-lo-res-580x386.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1505,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/08\/31\/san-diego-model-railroad-museum-visit\/","url_meta":{"origin":11741,"position":4},"title":"San Diego Model Railroad Museum Visit","date":"August 31, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Went to the Model Railroad Museum at Balboa Park with the Cassins.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6226,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/04\/28\/naturally-historic-visit-to-a-san-diego-museum\/","url_meta":{"origin":11741,"position":5},"title":"Naturally Historic Visit To A San Diego Museum","date":"April 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"After my Zoo visit I walked over to the Natural History Museum and spent a couple of hours there taking pictures and actually learning something. For example, did you know that Sun Chips have 30% less fat than regular chips? I got hungry. 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