TRAVEL Tuna Harbor Park 700 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101

Love is in the air year-round in San Diego thanks in part to the larger- than-life bronze statue, Unconditional Surrender. The statue is part of a series created by Seward Johnson, inspired by a photograph taken by former Navy photojournalist Victor Jorgensen and a similar photo from a different angle taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt known as V-J day in Times Square. The photograph depicts a passionate embrace of a sailor and a woman in a white dress. San Diego was the second city to display Unconditional Surrender and first

welcomed it in 2007. Scheduled to be on loan through the summer of 2010, the first statue San Diego housed was made of a foam core with a urethane outer layer. The bronze version has been in place since early 2013. Locals and tourists alike recreate the passionate embrace for their own memories and photographs, doing so against a scenic skyline and the Midway Aircraft Museum. The park and statue are accessible seven days a week and open to the public.

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Central Library Joan Irwin Jacobs Common 330 Park Boulevard San Diego, CA 92101

In the late summer of 2010, San Diego’s Central Library began to undergo a major transformation that took three years to com- plete and attracted more than one hundred thousand visitors in its first month. Located within walking dis- tance to Petco Park and the 12th and Imperial Transit Center, the library has more to offer than just books. While some visit to absorb what they can from the available reading material, others absorb what they can visually with the stunning views of San Diego’s skyline, or the permanent and rotating art exhibits housed within the library. Walking alongside notable characters is now possible through the art installation by internationally acclaimed artist Donald Lipski. Thousands of recycled books have been attached to the wall, allowing for a most literal walk through history. Those who would rather take the elevator can do so while enjoying vivid, ornate sculptures made of glass and found objects titled “Corpus Callosum,” created by internationally recognized artists Einar and Jamex de la Torre.

Admission to the Central Library is free and accessible seven days Photo Credit: UC San Diego Library EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS GALLERIES

a week. Tours are available for those interested in exploring all that the library has to offer.

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