Twice we have shared the view from the Madison Avenue overlook in University Heights—2017 and 2021. The Featured Image gives glimpse from 2013. Yep, 10 years ago. Click the links to the two other musings; do compare the photo from the more recent of the pair with the one above.
You will see: Where once was a college is now a massive condominium complex. San Diego politicians can’t authorize the building of enough unaffordable housing. Why is that? Homeless encampments bear too much resemblance to refugee temporary housing—tent upon tent upon tent—seen in (other) countries besieged by natural disaster or war. Well, they give high-rise tenants living in high-cost flats something outside the window to look at.
I used LG-manufactured, Google-branded Nexus 4 for this view across Mission Valley to the Pacific Ocean. Vitals: f/2.4, ISO 100, 1/1900 sec, 33mm (film equivalent); 3 p.m. PST, Jan. 20, 2013.