People walk and jog along San Diego’s Embarcadero near Tuna Harbor.
I did a lot of walking last Saturday! Downtown, Barrio Logan, San Ysidro… If I’m a little less active this weekend, it’s because my poor old legs are still sore!
Please enjoy some photos I took Saturday morning as I headed from Tuna Harbor on San Diego’s Embarcadero to 13th Street in East Village. I passed through Ruocco Park, walked a short stretch down Harbor Drive past Kansas City Barbeque, then turned east on Market Street.
Many of these sights you might have seen in the past on my blog. I did photograph a few new things, however, including the whale street art by Nicholas Danger, some Gaslamp Quarter historical artwork, and a very colorful mural by Pandr Design Co. Read the captions!
The photos you will see are the last I’ve taken with the old Canon Powershot that launched Cool San Diego Sights. Over the course of seven years my trusty friend must have recorded hundreds of thousands of images. But alas, its shutter began to stick and there have been other problems (which you might have already noticed), so I finally bought a shiny, much newer version Powershot, which I already love!
I hope my new camera successfully documents many more walks!
A couple hangs out by the Fish Tree, by artists Zbigniew Pingot and Toby Flores.A vendor on the boardwalk was selling lots of colorfully decorated Día de los Muertos skulls.Whenever I hear this friendly street musician playing beautiful music, I rest for a bit on a nearby bench to listen.Ruocco Park on a late summer’s day is very green and inviting.I’m about to walk through some unique public art titled The Riparium, by artist Roman de Salvo.Historical marker indicates the location of the San Diego Barracks from 1850 to 1921.Kansas City Barbeque is where a couple of great scenes from Top Gun were filmed.Street art by Mindful Murals, cool people I once met. I saw how they painted positive messages on handball backboards at Edison Elementary School’s playground.Looks like these sunlit leaves along Market Street are turning, anticipating autumn.Geometric street art near scooters parked in a straight line.Someone walks past this fun street art by Nicholas Danger, another cool local artist!Plaque in the sidewalk on Market Street recalls major renovations that were made in the once-seedy Gaslamp Quarter in 1981.A mixture of Gaslamp history and present day entertainment in one photo.As I passed Fifth Avenue, the hub of San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter, I turned my old camera south to take a picture.The I.O.O.F. Building was built by the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges in 1882. Its cornerstone contains a stone recovered from Solomon’s Temple!Eating on the street during the coronavirus pandemic.Artwork on a Gaslamp Quarter utility box shows historical photo of the San Diego Mercantile Co.Here’s a relatively new mural on Market Street that I noticed before but failed to photograph.This colorful WOW mural is by the artists of Pandr Design Co., who’ve done work all over San Diego. Their artwork can also be found at various Major League Baseball stadiums!Sculpted dog holds open a shop door.There’s some construction along Market Street as I approach 13th Street.I’m greeted by this face on the construction site fence!
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