Comments on: Travel Tuesday San Diego Part II

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:14:08 +0000

Thanks for the info on the Chicago base closings. It is interesting how different communities have dealt with the problem.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:07:04 +0000

In response to your question, yes, we’ve had two major base conversions in the northwest suburbs of Chicago — Glenview Naval Air Station and Fort Sheridan Army Base. Both were splendidly located, so I’m guessing there was a considerable amount of money to be made with the closing and conversion. GNAS was in the middle of one of the area’s nicer suburbs, but one sufficiently built up and residential that it was an ideal location for scads of stores, even more restaurants, a children’s museum, and even more posh residences. Little is left of the historic base, but they did save the control tower and have a little museum.

Fort Sheridan is right on Lake Michigan, near suburbs even more affluent than Glenview. Some of the historic buildings and far more of the fabulous grounds have been preserved. (More than at GNAS, where the golf course was immediately plowed up, as it was safer for building private homes than the former runways were, with decades of jet fuel permeating the ground. Those areas, they saved for stores and businesses.)

So while we were sad to have both go (especially those of us who enjoyed watching the “fly ins” and air shows at GNAS), both have been quite successfully turned into high-profile, high-end parts of their communities.
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By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:38:04 +0000

I will pass this info on to my daughter whose college roommate recently moved to San Diego. Thanks! .-= Alexandra´s last blog ..A Special Christmas Eve Greeting from Wellfleet =-.

By: Almost Slowfood

Almost Slowfood — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:54:14 +0000

I was in San Diego once about ten years ago and didn't really see any of it! So silly. I'd like to go back. .-= Almost Slowfood´s last blog ..Entertaining: Jelly Cake =-.

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:43:05 +0000

Don’t miss the beaches! My visit was a winter visit, so I stayed in the city, but in the summer I love the beaches of San Diego.

By: aTravelAroundTheWorld

aTravelAroundTheWorld — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:55:00 +0000

Wow, that is a nice post and good information for us.
We will visit S.Diego soon and I am looking forward to follow your advices.

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:38:02 +0000

Hi Colleen. Yes, I did know that you are having a gathering in San Diego. Good choice! I had several hits this morning from Slow Talk, so your link (or links?) is working well. Doing a Tuesday post that is all about travel, and not about books, is an experiment. People don’t seem to mind. Hope there is useful info here for the Slow Trav folks.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:34:45 +0000

Thanks for another great post! You may be aware that slow travelers from around the world are gathering in San Diego in March, 2010. I linked to your posts on the SlowTalk travel forums as a teaser of what they’ll find in San Diego next year.

http://tinyurl.com/ST2010Gathering

By: jessiev

jessiev — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:09:39 +0000

what an interesting place, vera – thanks for sharing!
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