Clairemont and Linda Vista residents saved Tecolote Canyon from becoming the site of a city dump in 1957. In the 60s they opposed plans for residential development. In 1969, they were joined by Kearny Mesa residents in petitioning the city council to approve the “San Diego Park District Procedural Ordinance” which became the open-space blueprint for the city of San Diego. In 1978 the city purchased the land to create the park.

We walked from the Nature Center to Genesee Avenue and back.