California Theatre and Caliente Racetrack Sign
1122 4th Avenue, San Diego

Sadly the courts tied preservationists' hands after an almost 30-year effort to save, the new owners, Prebys Foundation began demolition in September 2026.

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1950s. Photo courtesy San Diego History Center

Photos by Sandé Lollis, except where otherwise noted.

2026

Newly and continued threatened

• Red Roost & Red Rest bungalows
• Presidio Park
• Horton Plaza Park and the Broadway Fountain
• Spreckels Theatre
• Granger Music Hall
• Backcountry San Diego and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
• Kuchamaa Mountain (Tecate Peak) Binational Cultural Landscape
• Congregational Church of La Jolla

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• San Diego’s Historic Neighborhoods
• San Diego Old Central Library Public Art
• George H. Mansfield House (The Castle House)
• Vallecito Stage Station
• San Diego Museum of Art
• 2460 B Street Victorian
• San Diego's Historic Streetlights
• Big Stone Lodge
• Consolidated Aircraft/Old Town Campus NAVWAR

Saved

• Barrett Ranch House

Lost

• California Theatre & Caliente Racetrack Sign

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