Talmadge is a neighborhood of the mid-city region of
San Diego, California
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. Its borders are defined by Fairmount Avenue to the West, Montezuma Road/Collwood Boulevard to the Northeast, and
El Cajon Boulevard
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to the South.
It is named after the Talmadge sisters (
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,
Natalie
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* Natalie (given name)
* Natalie (singer) (born 1979), Mexican-American R&B singer/songwriter
* Shahan Natalie (1884–1983), Armenian writer and principal organizer of Operation Nemesis
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* ''Natal ...
and
Constance
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), who were silent film stars. In 1927, the Talmadge sisters opened the Talmadge Park
real estate development
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, which contains streets named for each of the sisters.
David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era, p 152, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004
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The architecture in Talmadge is eclectic, with styles including Spanish Revival
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In the ...
, California bungalows, Cape Cod cottages and Normandy Style homes. Cliff May
Cliff May (1903–1989) was an architect practicing in California best known and remembered for developing the suburban Post-war "dream home" ( California Ranch House), and the Mid-century Modern.
The Ranch-style house
May built Monterey ...
, a renowned Southern California architect, designed several homes in Talmadge. Kensington
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The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
and Talmadge are sometimes grouped together as one community for official purposes, and they are part of the same community planning area.
References
External links
"Talmadge: A Community of San Diego"
"Community Profiles Kensington-Talmadge"
"Talmadge on OpenStreetMap.org"
Neighborhoods in San Diego
Urban communities in San Diego
Historic districts in San Diego
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