The Mission: One Constant > Change > Document it.

I love Balboa Park but the historical buildings there are seldom replaced with different new ones. If a building deteriorates to the point of falling down and needs to be replaced a more solid carbon-copy replica of the original takes its place.

2 image pane > 1: Dilapidated building viewed across lily pond 2: Family taking portraits and jogger in front of restored building, viewed across lily pond — Old Building Notice the trees, vegetation and lampposts New Building

By comparison landscape gardeners seem to have the power to change or remove things that are causing problems. They aren’t required to keep everything looking the same as times past.

2 image pane > 1: Row planted plot in front of Natural History Museum 2: Garden area, with hedges, in foreground; Casa del Prado Theater entrance in background

Check out some Youtube videos:

A picture show: Balboa Park Tree Removal

A Movie Scene: Blade Runner Photo Enhancement

When I first saw this scene I thought: NO WAY!! Now I think: when?

Technological advances (Photo-stitching) allow us to easily accomplish tasks which previously were not practical to do, presuming they were possible.

Collage of San Diego skyline images, April 1976, before and after image restoration — San Diego View Spot #1

The four following pictures were taken at Hazard Center. They were taken from approximately the same spot. The first 2 photos were taken 14 years before the second 2.

2 image pane > 1: Skateboarders in shopping center 2: Jogger, bulldozers, construction area in foreground, completed multi-story apartment building in background

2 image pane > 1:Occupied trolley stop in foreground, many multiple-story apartment building in background 2: Street scene with red trolley on descending elevated track towards stop — Hazard Center View Spot #1

A lot of construction completed over the intervening 14 years caused the view from the spot to change

The local education communities have been completing a lot of construction projects recently. SDCE has completed buildings at Mid-City (2006), West City (2009), SDCCD Mesa and North City(2013).

January 2009 Collage depicting old, before demolition, and new buildings of SDCE West City Center/Campus

SDCCD Mesa opened its new Student Services building October 2012. The new Science building, currently under construction, is scheduled to open Spring 2014.

3 image pane shot from same spot> 1: Mesa College building F-200 with hillside in foreground 2: Cleared field with Mesa College buildings in background, hillside in foreground 3: New Mesa College Science Building with gardeners planting shrubs on hillside — Mesa Science Building View Spot #1

2 image pane > 1: Window view of open construction area in foreground and Mesa College buildings in background 2: Same view with new Science Building replacing open construction area

2 image pane > 1: High, wide view of Mesa College, empty field on left 2: Cropped from #1, construction workers and white pick-up truck

2 image pane > 1: High, wide view of Mesa College, new Science Building on left 2: Cropped from #1, workers viewing blueprints on 4th floor of Science Building — Mesa Science Building View Spot #7

New construction at SDCCD MESA campus still going “Full Speed Ahead”

Excavator demolishing and crushing Mesa College building I-200 — DOWN WITH THE OLD

Wide view of large, cleared field in foreground, 1 and 4 story Mesa College buildings in background — SPACE FOR THE NEW

Verily I say onto you: Choose a view spot and document the changes you view from It.

Collage depicting construction of an area over a 12 year period