A full house attened the Thurs, July 17, 7 PM, The Ocean Beach Historical Society presention: From Lomaland to the Mediterranean Riviera, The Story of Sunset Cliffs and Neighboring Subdivisions, Featuring Ron May, at Waters Edge Community Center at 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., O.B., The presentation was based on the 2004, City of San Diego, Historical Nomination of the Joseph E. and Esten Shreve House, 4510 Alhambra Street in Point Loma.
Ron May lived in Point Loma from 1955 to 1962 and his family owned apartments in OB until 1973. During his 28-year career saving archaeology and historical buildings with State Highways, County of San Diego, and United States Navy, he also spent 32-years of weekends and evenings exploring the 18th century Spanish fort on Ballast Point, a Chinese fishing station, United States Army Fort Rosecrans, and a whale hunting station before retiring in March 2000 to co-found Legacy 106, Inc, where he studied over 1,000 historical buildings and wrote over 320 nomination reports to the City of San Diego with a 98% success rate. In 1989, Spanish King Juan Carlos III honored Ronald V. May as Knight’s Officer, Order of Civil Merit. Over those years, he published over 70 journal articles and, in 2001, co-authored “Shadows of the Past” at Cabrillo National Monument, available on the Internet.
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