{"product_id":"abandoned-san-diego-9781634991049","title":"Abandoned San Diego","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jessica Johnson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncovers forgotten sites, revealing the city's transformation from a dusty town to a modern metropolis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1880, San Diego was a sleepy, dusty, western border town of about 2,500 souls. Today, it is a modern, world-class city with a greater metropolitan area population of more than three million residents (five million if the Mexican border city of Tijuana is included), a diverse economy, and tourist attractions that draw an estimated thirty-five million visitors each year. Its history was written by a fascinating group of friars, explorers, miners, entrepreneurs, educators, and inventors. In a thriving modern city like San Diego, little stays the same for long. Today's skyline would be virtually unrecognizable to a time traveler from the 1950s, but when you explore a little, you find fascinating vestiges of the San Diego of our great grandparents tucked away. Abandoned San Diego is a trip back in time, visiting nineteen sites that are in some level of deterioration, but still offer a glimpse into a different period in San Diego's past. Along the way, we will take a richly illustrated journey to old mines, fading towns, burned out ruins, and pioneer cemeteries, among other fascinating places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46316469878935,"sku":"9781634991049","price":2336.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781634991049.webp?v=1767709852","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/abandoned-san-diego-9781634991049","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}