Balboa Park By tlerone 1840 Ephrium Morse, Thomas Bush and Alonzo Horton plan City Park 1860 Santiago Arguello Surveys city park 1890 Over 10,000,000 trees were planted in the park 1892 Kate Sessions leases ten acres for her nursery 1900 George Marston goes to get a worthy architect for Balboa Park 1910 City Park originally turns into Balboa Park after Vasco Nunez De Balboa 1911 Ground breaking ceremony. with the administration building built first 1914 Cabrillo bridge is Built with help of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1915 First day of one year Expo. on new years day 1916 Dr. Harry Wegifore brings zoo to the park 1917 Navy leases park for base 1922 Roosevelt Jr. high school is started 1925 southern California building gets on fire 1927 San Diego museum is oppend to the public 1932 A bowling green was made on the west part of the park 1946 Highway 163 through Cabrillo Canyon 1965 The Timken Museum is opens 1978 The electric building burns down 1983 Queen Elizabeth II comes to see the Shakespeare performed in the Old Globe Theater 1998 the trees for health garden is planted 2000 Boy scouts lease land and it becomes a political issue 2005 the 90th birthday of Spreckels Organ 2006 The San Diego History committee has first "attic sale" 2017 made new water plan for the park 2018 Levi does report on Balboa Park