February 9, 2007 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Horton Plaza, San Diego, California Horton Plaza is a shopping center located at the corners of Fourth Avenue and Broadway in Downtown San Diego, California   Vi camperede ved stationen og tog sporvognen til Horton Plaza, et indkøbscenter opkaldt efter byfader Alonzo Erastus Horton. We day camped at the station and took the trolley to Horton Plaza, a shopping center named after city father Alonzo Erastus Horton.     Mit yndlingssted i Horton Plaza er Irving John Gills springvand, der står i et haveanlæg foran indkøbscentret. My favorite place in Horton Plaza is Irving John Gill's fountain, which is in front of the shopping center.       Alonzo Erastus Horton midt i den by, han grundlagde i 1867, som han aldrig i sin vildeste fantasi ville have kunnet forestille sig, som den ser ud i dag. Alonzo Erastus Horton in the middle of the city he founded in 1867, which he would never have imagined in his wildest dreams as it looks today.

TIL MINDE OM ALONZO E. HORTON 1813 - 1909 GRUNDLÆGGER AF DEN MODERNE DEL AF SAN DIEGO BY 1867 FØRST I BYMÆSSIGT FREMSYN FØRST I HEROISK EVENTYRLYST FØRST I MOD OG BESLUTSOMHED HER GRUNDLAGDE HAN SIN DRØMMEBY OG DERFOR KALDER VI HAM FADER HORTON MEMORIAL TO ALONZO E. HORTON 1813 - 1909 FOUNDER OF THE MODERN CITY OF SAN DIEGO 1867 FIRST IN CIVIC VISION FIRST IN HEROIC ADVENTURE FIRST IN COURAGE AND DETERMINATION HERE HE FOUNDED THE CITY OF HIS DREAMS THEREFORE WE CALL HIM FATHER HORTON   Horton Plaza er mest berømt for dets farver og eklektiske arkitektur. Horton Plaza is best known for its colors and eclectic architecture.

Horton Plaza åbnede i 1985. Indkøbscentret er bygget af Ernest Walter Hahn, som også har en statue here. Horton Plaza opened in 1985. The shopping center was built by Ernest Walter Hahn, who also has a statue here.     Obelisken foran Horton Plaza er 11 meter høj og lavet af kunstnerinden Joan Brown. The obelisk in front of Horton Plaza is 36 feet tall and created by artist Joan Brown.     The Original Levi's Store     VED AT INDVIE DENNE MILESTEN NÆR STILLEHAVET DEN 17. NOVEMBER 1928 ANERKENDER SAN DIEGOS BORGERE HERMED TAKNEMMELIGT DEN UTRÆTTELIGE INDSATS GJORT AF OBERST ED FLETCHER I DANNELSEN AF EN SYDLIG HOVEDVEJ TVÆRS OVER KONTINENTET THE CITIZENS OF SAN DIEGO IN DEDICATING THIS PACIFIC MILESTONE NOVEMBER 17, 1928 HEREBY GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNTIRING EFFORTS OF COL. ED FLETCHER IN THE CONSTITUTION OF A SOUTHERN TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAY

Midt i Horton Plaza står Jessops ur, som er bygget af Claude Ledger i 1907, og stadig holder tiden rigtigt. Uret blev bygget for Joseph Jessops juvelforretning, og det tog femten måneder for Ledger at sætte det sammen. Uret er kun gået i stå af sig selv tre gange - og den ene gang var da Claude Ledger døde, hvilket kom i aviserne verden over. In the middle of Horton Plaza stands Jessop's clock, which was built by Claude Ledger in 1907, and is still accurate. The clock was constructed for Joseph Jessop's jewelry store, and it took fifteen months for Ledger to build. The clock has stopped only three times - one being when Claude Ledger died, which made the papers the world over.       Gammelt og nyt ~ Old and new

Boondocking Information There is no real parking to accomodate oversized vehicles at Horton Plaza. Street parking is metered and hard to come by, and the parking garage belonging to the Horton Plaza mall has very low clearance. Our solution was to park at the trolley station (I believe they all have all-day free parking) and take the trolley ($5.00 for a day pass) which stops within a couple of blocks from Horton Plaza.   More California Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW