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Presidio Park
Presidio Park has held a four-alarm spot on SOHO’s Most Endangered List, first in 2005, when plans for a destructive City of San Diego makeover loomed, then from 2016 to the present, for reasons including lack of maintenance. Presidio Park, which includes the Junípero Serra Museum, is one of the most significant historical and cultural landscapes and archeological sites in the United States. Buried remains of the 1769 Spanish presidio, the first European settlement in California, constitute a priceless archaeological site awaiting study. Buried deposits could be destroyed by the project to add ADA access, a catering lot, and a ramp. As proposed, other casualties would include park trees and George W. Marston’s 1929 cobble features in Presidio Park, which he and friends bought, and which have saved for future generations—like us. Astonishingly, the proposed work would also reduce the site’s historic elevation by 5 to 10 feet at the site of the casamata (fort), which was constructed on high ground to defend the Spanish presidio. Ironically, this ill-conceived proposal would not even accomplish the goal of adding ADA access to the Serra Museum. SOHO and the San Diego County Archaeological Society, with SOHO’s backing, is advocating that the city preserve the historic park and its rare archeology and include required public review of any proposed changes to this National Historic Landmark. We ask the city to commit to an Environmental impact report (EIR) and not an Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) be circulated for the project and urge on-site scoping meetings. An EIR is crucial to the consideration of alternatives and for public scoping meetings. (Scroll to view more photos)  C. 1970s, thriving and filled with visitors. 
      
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