And we are turning One Hundred Years old next year!
The first subdivision, Kensington Park, was mapped on April 8, 1910 and opened for the sale of lots on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1910. In honor of that historic event, Kensington will be holding a year long celebration in 2010, and you are all invited!
Heart of Kensington is a member of the Centennial committee, which is a group of neighbors from each of the local community groups who have come together to help plan and hold celebratory events throughout the year. And we need your help!
Information about the Centennial events, volunteers, fund raising, and commemorative souvenirs can be found at the Centennial website.
To keep posted on the details for the 2010 Landmarked Homes of Kensington tour, visit this website frequently for updates, or send email to hometour@HeartofKensington.org.
The Heart of Kensington (HoK) promotes appropriate development on Adams Avenue in the Kensington commercial district by focusing on urban planning and development that conforms to the small-scale, historic, pedestrian friendly guidelines of the Mid-City Communities Plan. HoK represents the concerns of over one thousand Kensington residents to City planners, elected officials and developers to ensure that the existing community character drives the graceful and sensitive renewal of the commercial district.
Behind San Diego is a romance of love, chivalry and struggling pioneers. - Davis Baker Company advertisement, San Diego Union, 21 February 1926
