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I'm
pretty sure you won't have any trouble
recognizing the old San Diego Rowing Club,
which -- having fallen into disrepair -- was
restored and taken over by the Chart House,
then sold to Joe's Crab Shack. I'm not sure
what the island in the middle was in 1946, but
by the mid-'60s it often served as Party
Central for the San Diego State fraternities.
Somewhere in the lower photo, I think, should
be Glacier Gardens. Remember the Ice Capades
before the Sports Arena opened. Yup -- that IS
the Star of India in the upper photo.
Also
in the lower photo are SDG&E's natural
gas storage tanks. I don't know anything
about them, but they were a strange and ugly
feature of San Diego's skyline. My guess is
they stored uncompressed natural gas in very
large volumes -- Mike
Fry ‘60
Thanks
for the memories of the SD Rowing Club. I
used to play handball there in the ‘60s.
There was a small non-regulation handball
and paddleball court in the main rowing
club, which was made of dark wood lath with
poor lighting. But there was also a full
size handball court out on the "island" that
made a unique sound you don't hear anymore
in today's concrete monolith sports clubs. I
miss the rickety bridge that led to the
"big" court. I remember initially being
pleased to hear the place was declared a
historical landmark until I watched them gut
the interior to accommodate a chain
restaurant. Doesn't historical landmark mean
anything in SoCal?
-- Rodger Gredvig, '64
(Ya
can't win 'em all, Roger. I used to lament
over the crumbling state of the club and
wonder when the structure would finally
collapse into the water. I thought Chart
House did a great restoration -- JF)
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