AUNTIE S.
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2011-08-06 11:56 AM |
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Thank you for yet another nostalgic, beautiful tour. I believe Diana Lane is named for D'Alfonso's daughter. He developed several houses here as well as others in the APS/Lasuen corridor. Years later, we lived next door to Diana, whose married name was Acevedo (sp?) on East Mission Street. They had a daughter and three sons who were playmates of my kids. Sometime I'll tell you about our son and one of theirs trying to set our back yard on fire.
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COMMENT 201021P
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2011-08-06 12:28 PM |
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Absolutely the best post on Edhat in weeks. Seriously, keep this up. It's fantastic to see a post like this and really inspiring. Thank you so much!
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ROGER DODGER
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2011-08-06 01:50 PM |
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I used to live on Chiquita road rented a studio from alittle old lady that had been attacked in her home. No body bothered her while I was living there. Tanks for the memories.
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COMMENT 201080
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2011-08-06 03:31 PM |
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I agree - that modern house is the bomb...james bomb...and the mailbox is really fun too. Thank you for another week's worth of local sights.
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SBJULES
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2011-08-06 05:11 PM |
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I had friends who lived on Diana Lane & they told me Diana was the developer's daughter. Another wonderful & beautiful report!!
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COMMENT 201174P
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2011-08-07 08:11 AM |
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Loved this tour photo tour and commentary. Very very fun. Will you be exploring the upper Riv too?
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SBALAX
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2011-08-07 09:28 AM |
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I love your reports! And you're getting closer to my neighborhood so I'll be looking for you. I walk APS most mornings and you are quite right that parts of it are not "walker friendly". I stick to the part that has sidewalks -- the Old Mission to about Arguello. When you get to Sierra St. don't forget the wonderful steps that lead up to APS. You'll find a very large contractor stamp in the concrete ramp.
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REDTOP
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2011-08-07 10:26 AM |
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YOU ARE FANTASTIC! THANK YOU!
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RICHBUSYWOMAN
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2011-08-07 11:48 AM |
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Our home, just a block further down Garcia from where you stopped, is a D'Alfonso, and we were told he built it for his daughter (Diana?) as a wedding gift in '48. In the backyard is an olive tree, planted as a good luck talisman for the young couple. It was fun to see "our" regular walk documented by you guys .. including some of the identical comments we make every time! Thanks for the great post.
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HATTIE
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2011-08-07 01:30 PM |
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thanks for another wonderful urban hike report! hope you publish these as a book someday.
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K8
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2011-08-07 02:19 PM |
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Great post! Even with the overexposure, I couldn't make out the phrase....what did it say?
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SBALAX
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2011-08-07 02:48 PM |
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Loan Department. :)
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COMMENT 201406
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2011-08-07 06:13 PM |
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I was thinking of you when I went on my own urban hike in the suburbs of Dublin Ireland a week ago. I would have written up a report if I had brought a camera with me but we found a vacant lot with delicious blackberries, a statue of a rhino in the Dodder (a creek), a pint of Guinness in a pub along the way, a set of stairs between homes leading us to the creek, a nice modernist dwelling with an architect's office etc. Urban hikes are fun wherever you go.
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COMMENT 201598
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2011-08-08 09:44 AM |
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Thank you for another lovely addition of urban hikers!! I grew up on Diana Road (around the corner of Diana Lane) and my wonderful mother still lives there. Auntie S. has it correct, Diana Rd/Ln was named after D'Alfonso's daughter. In college (approx. 1986), I briefly worked with Danny Acevedo at Baskin Robbins on upper State and he told me that my street was named after his mother. Also, down the street where E. Ortega and N. Milpas meet, stands a corner building with Spanish architecture.That was D'Alfonso's office/building used during the construction of his homes. My mom's home on Diana Road was built in 1948.
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COMMENT 203611
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2011-08-13 10:56 AM |
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From these journeys to the sidewalk stamps, you guys are my favorite reads. Keep up the good work!
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