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Granger Music Hall
SOHO and other preservationists and music lovers have lobbied for a logical dream to come true: moving Granger Hall to nearby Pepper Park and rehabilitating it under the Port of San Diego’s wing, perhaps in partnership with its owner, the City of National City. Despite having healthy coffers and promoting elaborate new waterfront parks, Port officials have thus far taken no interest in this early masterpiece designed by renowned San Diego architect Irving Gill, who was a genius with acoustics. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 1898 building represents an inexplicably unfulfilled cultural, social, and entrepreneurial opportunity for National City, the South Bay, and all of San Diego. Yet, this once treasured music hall, where intimate concerts and recitals were held under a 75-foot-long ceiling mural, today stands vacant and neglected. The building remains boarded up, fenced off, and screened by a huge, rustic sign boasting of its historic status. Perhaps worst of all, the music hall is silent. With no active preservation community within National City, we ask residents to keep SOHO informed of Granger Hall’s condition and any plans or possibilities for it. Meanwhile, SOHO continues to advocate for its relocation and rehabilitation, so music can once again be heard from the acoustically perfect Granger Hall. (Scroll to view more photos)  Courtesy Library of Congress       Current day photos by Sandé Lollis |
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