BALBOA PARK (KUSI)-
The Balboa Park Carousel was forced to close for thirteen months due to COVID-19 restrictions. Throughout the closure, they were able to update some of the animals on the carousel so the public will enjoy something new when they reopened.
The Balboa Park Carousel is currently only open on weekends. However, KUSI’s Kacey McKinnon was there and spoke with Bill Brown. Brown says, “We are looking forward to June 15th, 2021. We can’t wait for the restrictions to be lifted and extend our hours.”
Bill Brown has worked at the carousel for 48-years and he was able to speak about the history it brings to the community and why it’s loved so much.
The Balboa Park Carousel has been closed for more than a year because of the pandemic, but during that time work has been underway to usher the ride back into service with an updated look.
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If trees could talk, the celebrated 109-year-old Moreton Bay fig just north of the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park would say, “Welcome back.”
Friday, on Arbor Day, the nonprofit group Friends of Balboa Park formally handed over to the citizens of San Diego an elevated tree-viewing platform and all new fencing in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Mayor Todd Gloria, City Councilman Stephen Whitburn, project donors and other park advocates.
The just-completed structure, in the works since late 2016, provides members of the public with their first opportunity in 32 years to sit or stand beneath the big fig’s impressive canopy and do so in a way that does not cause harm to what many describe as a horticultural wonder.