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Hotel San Diego |
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The Hotel San Diego ready for demolition. Its closure was very
controversial. The hotel was built in 1914 and was a
historical landmark. It also provided 400 rooms of
badly-needed low-income housing. However, it was also
arguably blighted and the federal courthouse needed
expansion space. In the end, the federal government won
over preservationists and housing advocates, and what
remained here was destroyed on April 15, 2006.
Hotel San Diego, 339 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA was scheduled for
demolition to make way for a federal courthouse
annex. Hotel San Diego was constructed
in 1914 by prominent local developers, the Spreckels
Brothers (of Spreckels Sugar fame), and their
architect, Harrison Albright. The building is one of
only three that had remained from their collaboration.
In latter years Hotel San Diego became a residential hotel, that was poorly maintained, and rented mainly by elderly and low-income residents on a weekly or monthly basis. Most of the photos below were taken May 2002, several months after the hotel closed. The hotel demolition photo was taken on April 15, 2006. Click on the images below for a high-resolution images:
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