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The parent company, Century Pacific Group, Inc., was established by Ricardo S. Po, Sr. (1931–2021) on December 12, 1978 as Century Canning Corporation, whose primary business was the distribution and sales of canned and processed fish products derived from tuna, sardines, and milkfish.
Westfield UTC is an upscale, open-air shopping mall in the University City community of San Diego, California. It lies just east of La Jolla , near the University of California, San Diego . The mall is served by UTC Transit Center , which is the northern terminus of the Blue Line of the San Diego Trolley .
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Later in the 1910s, North Park became one of the many San Diego neighborhoods connected by the Class 1 streetcars and an extensive San Diego public transit system that was spurred by the Panama–California Exposition of 1915 and built by John D. Spreckels. These streetcars became a fixture of this neighborhood until their retirement in 1949 ...
The company used the bridge for a trolley, part of the San Diego Class 1 Streetcars, which connected OB with downtown San Diego and encouraged the development of both Ocean Beach and Mission Beach. [12] The bridge was demolished in January 1951, thereby cutting off through traffic to Ocean Beach from the Mission Beach and Pacific Beach communities.
Belle Benchley, 1882–1973, director of the San Diego Zoo for 25 years; for most of that time she was the only female zoo director in the world; Dennis Conner, 1942–, yacht racer; Richard Henry Dana Jr., 1815–1882, author who wrote about early 19th century San Diego; Kevin Faulconer, 1967–, mayor of San Diego
According to January 2013 estimates by the San Diego Association of Governments, there were 6,652 people and 2,889 households residing in the neighborhood.The estimated racial makeup was 81.5% White, 8.6% Asian & Pacific Islander, 5.7% Hispanic, 3.4% from other races, 0.8% African American, and 0.1% American Indian.
1867: Real estate developer Alonzo Horton arrived in San Diego and purchased 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of land in New Town for $265. Major development began in the Gaslamp Quarter. [8] 1880s to 1916: Known as the Stingaree, the area was a working class area, home to San Diego's first Chinatown, "Soapbox Row" and many saloons, gambling halls, and ...