San Diego: Then and Now?? by Nancy Hendrickson

by Nancy Hendrickson

Celebrating beloved cities from around the world, this book from the Then and Now series offers a unique combination of historic interest and contemporary beauty. Then and Now San Diego features over 100 fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. Each work is a visual lesson in the historic changes of this great urban landscape.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Travel

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Nancy Hendrickson is a non-fiction author who writes about diverse industries for books, magazines and the web. Nancy has recently turned her writing talents to fiction, and is currently working on a cozy mystery as well as an historical time-travel novel. Nancy lives in San Diego, California and is available to give talks on all facets of non-fiction writing.

When not writing, you can find Nancy somewhere in the frontier west - delving into the people and events of a bygone era, all while listening to the tales spun by the resident ghosts. Nancy is the one with the Canon DSLR, the little Canon Elph and the digital recorder!

Catch up with Nancy at http://nancyhendrickson.com

Reviews

[Pat Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I visited San Diego this September (2020), and have been there about 3 or 4 previous times in the last ten or 12 years. I thought after this last visit that it would be good for me to get to know the city a little better. So I bought this book and a Fromm's guide book to San Diego as well. This book, as it's title says, is a then and now book. It has photos from back in the day, (Anywhere from about 1860 to about 1930) and modern photos, and little blurbs about each photo. So it wasn't really all that great a learning experience. It did however have some nice photos, and the tidbits of history of the photos were interesting, if not thorough. It had only 143 pages, and about 200 or so paragraphs to read. The book is fine, I just wish I had thought about the title a little more before I ordered it.

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intéressant, explique l'histoire de la ville à travers des images (then and now). Je l'ai lu chez Duncan à San Diego.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love books that show you a city centurys ago and then compare those pictures to pictures of today. What I especially liked about this book, and I guess San Diego itself, is that it has changed so little over the years. As you look through the pages, even without today's pictures, you know pretty much exactly what you are looking at. The pictures and descriptions are clear and concise. I feel like I am going back in time through the pages of this book.

[Austen to Zafón · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun photos and trivia about San Diego at the turn of the 20th century.