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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019
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Woohoo! OB Street Fair & Chili Cookoff is Saturday SEE SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE
A few princesses share a lighthearted moment when one steadies herself after a little stumble walking up Avenida de Portugal. Hundreds of onlookers lined the streets in Point Loma on June 9 to watch the Portuguese Festa do Espirito Santo parade, one of San Diego’s oldest ethnic celebrations, travel up Avenida de Portugal from the UPSES Hall to St. Agnes on EverTHOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON green Street, where High Mass was celebrated, along with the coronations of the festival king and queen. See more photos at sdnews.com.
Point Loma High School celebrates 450 graduates SEE PAGE 4
Residents try to save historic residence slated for demolition BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
The 1912 Prairie-style historical residence COURTESY PHOTO at 310 San Fernando St.
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San Diego Airport’s Arts Program unveils new shows SEE PAGE 10
home believed historic by some in the La Playa neighborhood of Point Loma is proposed for demolition and redevelopment, and momentum is building to oppose the plan. The parcel involved is a 1912 Prairie-style residence at 310 San Fernando St. Thomas Gaeto of BG Consolidated, LLC in Escondido, has acquired the property and intends to redevelop it. According to Steven Untiedt, an attorney living in La Playa near 310 San Fernando St., the 94-year-old couple who had resided there have
died and the property was sold. “The developer who bought it from their trust has already demolished the carriage house, and
would like to demolish this historic Prairie-style house, built around 1912, and build three new houses on the property,” said Untiedt. “He
has applied to the City to have this property declared not to be historic.” A Historical Resources Research Report was recently submitted to the City’s Historical Resources Board for the property. But it has not yet been reviewed by staff for completeness, or had a determination made on it, the City said. Save Our Heritage Organisation, the oldest countywide historic preservation organization in California, has recommended that the SEE HOUSE, Page 5