介绍：坐落在圣地亚哥市中心的圣地亚哥老城是一个美丽而充满乐趣的历史古城，它是加州的诞生地，是西班牙早期***，同时也是第一批欧洲人定居所。这里有150多个商店，屡获殊荣的餐厅，17个博物馆和历史遗迹。另外，还有免费现场表演，专业剧场，工匠，画廊和商店都在步行距离之内。 　　

节庆表演： 　圣地亚哥老城区剧院表演 　　7月2日――9月6日 　　

乡村公园文化遗产活动 老城区周六自由市场 每周六9：00a.m——3：00p.m 　　

圣地亚哥老城艺术节 　　
周边景点： 海边Beaches (3.0 mi) 科罗娜多岛Coronado Island (10 mi) 游船Cruise Ships (5 mi) 　　野生动物园Wild Animal Park (25 mi) 圣地亚哥动物园San Diego Zoo (5 mi) 　　海洋世界Sea World (3 mi)

可以乘坐公交8, 9, 10, 20 ,30路，到达圣地亚哥老城

When Albert Seeley built the Cosmopolitan Hotel in 1869, faux finishes were extremely popular and in high demand. Many techniques were refined and many materials were developed to help skilled crafts people make common or inexpensive building materials look more elegant or expensive. Wooden panels were often painted to look like fine marble, soft or inexpensive woods refinished to look like prized hardwood.

Faux finishes continued to be popular until the demand for sleek, modern, mass-produced, pre-fabricated goods dominated the market. Even with the renewed interest in the techniques and crafts of the past, there are few people who are skilled in them today.

The first floor of the Cosmopolitan Hotel was constructed of adobe, sun baked clay blocks that were finished to look like mortared stone! How do you make adobe blocks resemble mortared stone?

Three coats of lime plaster are used to finish the walls on the first floor. Lime is used because it allows the thick adobe walls to “breathe.” Unlike cement or paint, it does not trap moisture inside the walls.

To apply the third and final coat, the walls must be wetted down with water; rubbed free of all cracks, and then smoothed and leveled. Plaster is usually mixed at a ratio of 2½ parts washed sand to 1 part lime putty.

The finish coat must be thinly applied — no more than ⅛” thick. Masons traditionally used cork-faced wood floats to enhance smoothness, and long, two-handled wood floats, called a darby, to level the finish coat. They used a straightedge and sharp-pointed awl to line the simulated mortar joints in the plaster while it dried.

Popular taste has changed over the years but the craft has changed little since these adobe walls were first scored in 1873 to resemble a “stone front.”