I really love history, and one of the most interesting facts about my client, is that the building I worked in was the location of Ryan Aircraft Company. Ryan built the Spirit Of St. Louis for Charles Lindburgh in his successful attempt to cross the Atlantic solo.
The arrow notes the location.
Lindbergh visited Ryan Aviation's San Diego plant, which still exuded pungent reminders of its previous use as a cannery. He felt in his bones time was running out. His first choice, the Columbia aircraft, was unobtainable, so with his options nearly nil he signed papers with the Ryan company and practically moved in. Engineer Donald A. Hall designed just what Lindbergh wanted -a flying gasoline tank almost twenty-eight feet long and with a forty-six foot wing span.
This photo hangs on a wall in a conference room.
This is the current condition:
Here's what's outside the building.
