President's Message
You’ve heard me say preservation was simpler and more clearcut when I joined SOHO in 1979, when it was 10 years old. Our emphasis was on saving late 19th-century Victorians which were being lost at an accelerating rate. Alarm bells typically sounded when time was short and options limited for our...Read more
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SOHO’s 2022 Climate Change Commitment
Climate change is one of the most significant and fastest growing threats worldwide. Sea level rise and coastal flooding, drought and extreme heat, and increased frequency and intensity...Read more
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Older Buildings = Climate Resilience
The City of San Diego is missing the big picture by not including historic preservation alongside its other responses to climate change. Historic preservation and adaptive reuse of older buildings, rather than demolition, are proven tools for significantly reducing greenhouse gases, avoiding huge landfill dumps, and providing much-needed housing. ...Read more
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Senate Bills 9 and 10 -
Implementation Alert and Update
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Signed into law by Governor Newsom in September 2021, Senate Bills 9 and 10 are going to negatively impact San Diego’s character, sense of place, and overall identity. SOHO shared our significant concerns about these housing bills with San Diegans and elected officials last year, before the laws were enacted, but to no avail....Read more
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Chinese Community Helps Preserve Mexicali
In recent years, Chinese residents of Mexicali, Baja California, with other preservation leaders, have been supporting the revitalization and preservation of the state capital’s historic center. The results in La Chinesca are emerging little by little, with buildings...Read more
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Friends of Friendship Park Consider
National Historic Landmark Status
Friendship Park/El Parque de la Amistad, on the border between San Diego and Tijuana, is the only binational park within the United States and has long been a symbol of family gathering and cordial relations between two nations. Today you will find a stark border wall dividing the two countries, but 50 years ago this park was a place where...Read more
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Mexico's Perfect Preservation Job
I was hired as coordinator of the State Historic Archive in Baja California in November 2021. However, because there is an enormous need to solve multiple preservation issues that have stagnated for decades, Secretary of Culture Alma Delia Ábrego Ceballos decided to create a special position based on my expertise as a border preservation...read more
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Consider Joining a City Board
There are many ways to volunteer and help SOHO’s mission through city government. Serving on the City of San Diego’s Historical Resources Board is the most obvious, and a very satisfying way to learn more about historic and archaeological resources and various older neighborhoods and historic districts in the making. At press time...read more
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San Diego City and County
Historic Designations
In January 2022, the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board designated four new resources and forwarded the annual Standardized Report of City Boards and Commission 2021 to the Office of Boards and Commissions We also learned that two more planners have left the city since November...Read more
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Join us for Terrace Talks
SOHO’s Terrace Talks resume with the theme Historic Preservation: Looking to the Future. We invite you to the year’s first panel discussion via Zoom. Join SOHO and our three expert panelists as we explore the ways older...Read more
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Walking Tours
Let You Explore Historic Neighborhoods
Whether you take a self-guided tour walking in a historic neighborhood at your own pace, or join others with a well-versed human guide, you’re in for a refreshing and stimulating time. As we enter our third year of Covid-19, walking outdoors is one of the best ways to take a break from indoor activities and to stretch your legs and mind....read more
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People In Preservation Nominations Are Open
We're looking forward to 2022's round of awards to celebrate San Diego County's best historic preservation and cultural heritage projects! Nominations for SOHO's...Read more
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New Awnings for the Marston House
In July 2021, SOHO announced our plan to replace the Marston House’s four awnings on the first-floor windows of the very sunny south and west facades with appropriate Arts and Crafts awnings. The awnings had deteriorated since they were last replaced 18 years ago and were in need of care. ...read more
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Restoration Projects for Your
Historic Home
If you own a historic home, you know that everything from routine repairs to major restoration must be done with extra care and knowledge of preservation practices and vintage materials. Some big jobs, like reroofing and chimney repointing, usually require professional...read more
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John Treanor,
Self-Made Man of Action
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Mataguay is an oak-covered side valley to the Warner Valley and since 1971, Mataguay Boy Scout Camp. The Scouts still use the adobe ranch house and plans call for it to be renovated as a history museum....Read more
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Trailblazing Mormon Battalion Marched West
The 2,100-mile march of the Mormon Battalion from Iowa to Southern California is one of the epic trail-blazing journeys that helped build the United States into a transcontinental country. Recently, three groups on auto bus tours following the route and celebrating the journey’s 175th anniversary visited the...read more
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Free Intriguing
Podcasts and Webinars
Citizens Coordinate for Century 3, C-3, the venerable citizens group that advocates good planning, design, and environmental policy in San Diego, and the University Heights Historical Society are offering free podcasts and webinars of interest to historic preservationists, historians, and other curious...read more
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Financial support is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. |
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