By Katherine Hon | Past Matters There's an old riddle: When is a door not a door? The answer — when...

By Katherine Hon | Past Matters From grand mansions to humble bungalows, each home in San Diego's early streetcar suburbs tells...

By Katherine Hon | Past Matters The words are now cast in bronze. In 1924, a riveted steel tank raised...

By Katherine Hon Newspapers have been full of stories about the collapse of Haggen's grocery store chain. The pundits who...

By Katherine Hon It's September! If you're a student, that means it's time for new school supplies, new friends and...

by Katherine Hon Did you hear the distinctive horns and drums of a marching band in the Morley Field area...

By Katherine Hon It is rare to get a glimpse into the minds of North Park builders from before the...

By Katherine Hon If you think North Park south of University Avenue is a crazy quilt of mismatched streets and...

By Katherine Hon May is National Preservation Month, and the North Park Historical Society will celebrate with a special presentation...

By Katherine Hon When was North Park most in the dumps? Conventional wisdom says it was during the decades after...