{"id":1067,"date":"2014-12-03T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T18:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2024-04-27T11:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:06:45","slug":"may-company-comes-to-mission-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"May Company Comes to Mission Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>San Diego<\/em><em> by nature offers the finest spot in the United States for tourists. And tourism is our largest non-government business. [Mission] Valley is part of the Planning Department&#8217;s future plan for the tourist, and we are considering throwing it down the drain . . . <\/em>&#8211;Arthur Jessop, downtown merchant, June 26, 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Controversial decisions in city planning are not new in San Diego but perhaps no action has ever been more consequential than a City Council vote in June 1958 to rezone 90 acres of farmland along Interstate 8&#8211;a decision that green-lighted construction of the Mission Valley Shopping Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/May-Company1.pdf\">May Co. Comes to Mission Valley<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1069\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MV-opening.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1069\" data-attachment-id=\"1069\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=1069\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MV-opening.jpg?fit=2048%2C1355\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1355\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MV opening\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mission Valley Shopping Center opens, February 20, 1961.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MV-opening.jpg?fit=1024%2C677\" class=\"wp-image-1069\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MV-opening.jpg?resize=500%2C331\" alt=\"Mission Valley Shopping Center opens, February 20, 1961.\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MV-opening.jpg?resize=1024%2C677 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MV-opening.jpg?resize=300%2C198 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MV-opening.jpg?w=2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission Valley Shopping Center opens, February 20, 1961.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D1067&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego by nature offers the finest spot in the United States for tourists. And tourism is our largest non-government business. [Mission] Valley is part of the Planning Department&#8217;s future plan for the tourist, and we are considering throwing it down the drain . . . &#8211;Arthur Jessop, downtown merchant, June 26, 1958. 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