[Magdalen] Ft Ord.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I too went to DLI.  Russian.  RACC0267, to be exact.  Still think of some
of the folks there. We used to go down to watch the sea lions in the
harbor.  It's all changed now. I attended a tiny Episcopal Church just
outside the gate to the Presidio.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My dad attended the Monterey Language School there before being shipped
> off to Korea. We lived in Pacific Grove.
>
> On May 4, 2016, at 11:47 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> Incidentally, I saw some ghostly pictures of a semi-ruined Ft. Ord
> > Army Base yesterday.  I hadn't realized the base had closed some
> > years ago.  It's sad to see the moldering.<<<
> >
> > Closed in 1994.  Much of the older buildings have been torn down, and
> much of that space has been re-developed.  Obama apparently in 2012
> designated parts of the original base as a historical monument of sorts.
> >
> > Before the tearing down began, I was lucky enough to drive through them
> on the old streets, and so steep they were, I gave Everett a thrill by
> breaking the law and zooming from top to bottom at lightning speed.
> Dangerous, but fun.  And though all had condemned signs, we actually should
> have tried roaming around inside, just to say we did.  We didn't.
> >
> > Besides Cal State Univ Monterey Bay (CSUMB; "sea-scum" in some people's
> mouths), the other most notable bit of re-development is the East Garrison
> Subdivision:  http://www.eastgarrison.com .
>