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On November 10, 1995 one (or
maybe two) of the towers that, as a toddler, I
thought were the same as the one in Paris, was
demolished. Above is the first photo I took.
Below are the four shots that followed. |
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HERE
for a well written and researched story on how
the Chollas radio station came to be. I didn't
know that it was the first significant Navy
development in San Diego, and paved the way
for all the later bases and airfields --
Mike Fry ’60
The
lights from the three Chollas towers were my
night-light for many years. Lying in bed I
could look out my window and watch them
blink! I moved to Lemarand Avenue from Ocean
Beach when I was 6 years old. I remember
walking across the four lanes of traffic on
College Avenue and cutting through the
canyon to get to Rolando Park School. Before
College Grove shopping center was built I
spent many hours wandering in the canyon
behind my house and bringing home snakes and
lizards as pets. I had a very understanding
mother! When the heavy equipment started
working on the shopping center I'd go down
there and find all kinds of fossilized
seashells and other creatures. When they
were building the freeway I, and some of the
other kids, would crawl through the big
concrete pipes, I guess they were for storm
water runoff, and we could make it all the
way to the freeway . Some of the areas we
crawled and walked through were square and
as big as a room! Anyway, the pictures of
the towers brought back some powerful
memories. Thank you so much for all you do!
-- Julia Burnham Little '64
At Christmas time they would
broadcast Christmas carols from the towers
during the day. It always made me feel
excited about Christmas -- especially when
we were on Christmas Vacation. I moved away
from San Diego in 1970. Whenever I'd fly
home I'd watch for the towers and, from
there, could easily pick out my house on
Streamview Dr -- Terri Quinlivan Parham
'66
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I
remember the towers quite well. I would like
to know if the Chollas Reservoir is still in
operation as a park and free fishing area for
youth. I was also wondering if the Little
League field is still there. That field
provided some of the best "make out" nighttime
areas that I can recall. It was so close, and
yet so far -- Dan Richards '65
I took this photo on Tuesday,
March 23, 2010 so Dan could see that the
Chollas Reservoir is alive and well. I forgot
to look for the little league fields -- JF |
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You can still fish
at Chollas Lake if you’re under the age of 16.
My husband and I have lived in the old
neighborhood for 34 years, and I get my daily
exercise walking around the lake every day.
The park has been extended down the canyon to
Chollas Station Rd., with a baseball field and
walking trails. Early in the ‘60s the
reservoir was not open to the public. There
weren't even any sidewalks up there, and we
would walk on the shoulder of what was then
Ryan Road to get to College Grove. Next to the
park is the new Navy housing where the towers
used to be. Some of the old original buildings
still stand as a memorial. College Grove
shopping center has finally been updated and
is once again as busy as it was when it opened
in the early 1960s -- Frank Marino '67 and Roberta
Goss Marino '70
The Chollas Towers were part of a government
installation and security was fairly tight.
Not tight enough, however, to keep my buddies
and I from fishing the pond that was on the
land. I have lots of memories of pretty large
bass and night fishing. We never kept 'em,
just caught 'em and let them go. This was
probably in the mid-fifties -- Rick Combs '59
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