Looking north across Crown Point, Pacific Beach, around 1929. Streets and sidewalks have been laid out in anticipation of the construction of the Causeway across Mission Bay. Note the signature: "Compliments of Mrs. Dennstedt."

That would be my "Nana" -- Gertrude Dennstedt. I recognize her signature. All the Dennstedts that immigrated from Germany to the midwest to Canada to California are my relatives. There are also numerous "historical” homes in San Diego that my father built -- Sherry Dennstedt Zullo '61

OMG!  That pic of Crown Point,  “Compliments of Mrs. Dennstedt”.  "Dennstedt Village" was at the corner of 54th and Redwood.  It came to be known as "Redwood Village" to most of my friends.  In looking back, it was probably one of the first "strip malls" around, but it was more like a little circle of shops, with parking in the center, and a few businesses across Redwood.  My dad's office was down there, and I'm guessing he was one of the first tenants, therefore my belief that he probably knew the Dennstedts.  "Dennstedt Village" and "Redwood Village" were used interchangeably in our home. The stores I can recall down there were The Village Market (where many Oak Park boys had their first jobs -- including Jim Clark), Kipps Varsity with the two old ladies who watched us like hawks so we didn't steal the penny candy -- although many of us now admit to doing it --, "Sam, the barber", where my dad and brother went every two weeks for a hair cut,  -- (many DeBlasis, kids of Sam, the barber, went to Crawford -- I knew Janet, class of '73, I think my sibs knew older DeBlasis), Lou's Liquor behind Kipp's Variety, The Amity Club bar, next to the Village Market and the kid's clothing store owned and operated by Mrs. (? -- come on   Eventually, the first KFC I ever knew of took over the area that Kipp’s had occupied and a Carvel Ice Cream shop went in down there, too.  (Jinger Nelson, class of '77 filled me on on some of the names of businesses that I couldn't recall.  I will tell you that alcohol was forbidden in our home, so I needed Jinger's assistance with the name of two of those establishments.  I got the answer zipped back to me immediately!   Patty Bremner Brubaker  '72

Patty Bremner Brubaker  '72 has a good memory of Redwood Village.  But she left a couple of businesses off.  On the west side of The Village Market was a hobby shop that eventually became a laundromat.  The laundromat  had professional sized hair dryers where I could be found on many a Saturday afternoon with my soup-can sized rollers in my hair.  On the east side of the grocery store was a little café.  The Village Market was owned and run by two men named Bob and Noble who were two of the nicest men around.  Noble’s son-in-law, Danny, ran the meat market.  My father was a meat cutter for Safeway and anytime there was a strike, Danny would put him to work in his market.  Also, on a side note, my brothers and I had our dental work done by Patty’s father.  I believe my brother Richard ‘69, was in Patty’s brother Darrell’s class -- Susan Cone Milow ‘68

I wonder if Pat Chambers ever had chicken and dumplings at Mc Donald's Farm Restaurant.  It was on the hill they bulldozed down into the gully so they could build apartments and businesses on flat land.  No more farm house on a hill, surrounded by eucalyptus trees, with horses in the gully.  The McPherson's daughter, Donna McPherson, was my girl scout leader at John Muir.  She taught us the secret to making good spaghetti at the overnight camp in Balboa Park.  I still remember-- and use -- the secret -- Jeannine Berger Passenheim '60