Plaza de Panama

Last updated
The plaza in 2014 Balboa Park, San Diego, California 18 2014-03-12.jpg
The plaza in 2014

Plaza de Panama is a plaza in Balboa Park's El Prado Complex, in San Diego, California.

32°43′54″N117°9′1″W / 32.73167°N 117.15028°W / 32.73167; -117.15028


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Panama–California Exposition</span> Exposition in California, United States

The Panama–California Exposition was a world exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first United States port of call for ships traveling north after passing westward through the canal. The fair was held in San Diego's large urban Balboa Park. The park held a second Panama-California exposition in 1935.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas's 5th congressional district</span> U.S. House district for Texas

Texas's 5th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas, Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller suburban, exurban and rural counties south and east of Dallas, including Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman. As of the 2000 census, the 5th district represents 651,620 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spreckels Organ Pavilion</span> Pipe organ in San Diego, California

Spreckels Organ Pavilion houses the open-air Spreckels Organ in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. With more than 5,000 pipes, the Spreckels Organ is the world's largest pipe organ in a fully outdoor venue. Constructed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, it is located at the corner of President's Way and Pan American Road East in the park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kelsey, Texas</span> Ghost town in Texas, United States

Kelsey is an unincorporated area in Upshur County, Texas, United States that was the longest-lasting settlement founded by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the state. Now a ghost town, it has been called the "mother colony" of Latter-day Saint colonies in Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Town, San Diego</span> Community in San Diego, California

Old Town is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It contains 230 acres (93 ha) and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and south. It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is the site of the first European settlement in present-day California. It contains Old Town San Diego State Historic Park and Presidio Park, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation</span> Indian reservation in Arizona

The Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation, is an Indian reservation of the Tohono Oʼodham Nation located in Arizona, United States. The reservation had a total 2000 census population of 10,787. The reservation has a land area of 4,340.984 square miles (11,243.098 km2), 97.48 percent of the Tohono Oʼodham Nation total area. The reservation encompasses portions of central Pima, southwestern Pinal, and southeastern Maricopa Counties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bullring by the Sea</span> Multiple purpose facility in Tijuana, Mexico

The Plaza Monumental de Tijuana, and popularly known in English as the Bullring by the Sea, is a bullring in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It is currently used for bullfighting; the bullring has also been the scene for great boxing matches, concerts, cultural, and sporting events that have benefited the Tijuana community greatly. The stadium holds 21,621 people and its opening was held on June 26, 1960. It is located just 60 meters from the United States border and one block from the Pacific Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laiwu, Jinan</span> District in Shandong, Peoples Republic of China

Laiwu District is one of 10 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, East China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burlingame, San Diego</span>

Burlingame is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, United States, bordered by North Park to the north and east, and by South Park to the south, and is located within the boundaries of the Greater North Park Community Planning Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Panama Canal Museum</span>

The Panama Canal Museum is a non-profit and public museum located in Panama City, Panama. Established in 1997, the museum is devoted to the history of the construction of the Panama Canal in its various stages, including the first French construction attempt, the later construction by the United States, and the eventual transfer to Panamanian control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zoro Garden</span>

Zoro Garden is a six-acre sunken garden in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It is located between the Fleet Science Center and the Casa de Balboa. The name refers to the Persian mystic Zoroaster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plaza Río Tijuana</span> Shopping mall in Tijuana, Mexico

Plaza Río Tijuana is an open-air shopping center in the Zona Río of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It has a surface area of 792,000 square feet (73,579 m2). It opened in 1981 as the first large American-style mall in the city; previously Downtown Tijuana was the leading shopping area. Currently, it has the anchors Soriana, Sears, and Cinépolis. There was a Dorian's department store here until 2009 when it became Sears. Comercial Mexicana was also in the mall until it became Soriana in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dorian's</span>

Dorian's was a department store chain based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KVBL</span> Radio station in Union, Oregon

KVBL 103.1 FM is a radio station licensed to Union, Oregon. The station broadcasts a News-Talk format and is owned by Randy and Debra McKone, through licensee KJDY, LLC.

Oswego is an unincorporated community in northeastern Franklin County, North Carolina, United States.

Anime Conji was an annual three-day anime convention held during May/June at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley in San Diego, California.

Leith is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plaza Viva Tijuana</span> Open-air shopping center in Tijuana, Mexico

Plaza Viva Tijuana is an open-air shopping center in the Empleados Federales neighborhood of Tijuana, located immediately across Frontera Street from what was, until 2012, the entrance to Mexico for all pedestrians crossing from the U.S. side of the San Ysidro of the border. It houses numerous pharmacies targeted at U.S. customers, handicraft and souvenir shops, restaurants, and one of Tijuana's largest gay nightclubs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casa del Prado</span> Buildings in San Diego, California

The Casa del Prado comprises several reconstructed buildings that were initially built for the Panama–California Exposition in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Current tenants include the San Diego Botanical Garden Foundation, Civic Dance Arts, the San Diego Floral Association, the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, the San Diego Junior Theatre, and the San Diego Youth Symphony.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watts–Robinson Building</span> Historic building in San Diego, California, U.S.

The Watts–Robinson Building is an historic building in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. It was completed in 1913.