What could be
simpler? I think if you took this photo
today you'd be standing where the Lemon
is in the middle of Lemon Grove Avenue.
The skyline to the north looks the same.
I think the train station is the same
also. (San Diego History Center
photograph)
Thanks for the
vintage photo of Lemon Grove. That
is the Sonka Brothers Store in the
foreground, and the original train
station. As you know, in the
wisdom of the City Fathers, they tore it
down then later rebuilt it at a
horrendous cost. Costa Bella below the
horizon never changed too much, but of
course the crest of East Ridge now
bristles with luxury homes. I have a
picture I took from the top of East
Ridge about 1996, on a crystal clear
Santa Ana day, looking toward San
Miguel, Otay Mountain and south toward
the Mexican border. Natural chemise and
sage brush on the top of the
ridge. I treasure the picture,
knowing it will never come again -- Sharon Cramer
Sceper '68
