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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 ...
This table includes buildings in the Gaslamp Quarter Historic District in San Diego, California. The order of entries in the table is taken from a brochure printed by the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation titled Architectural Guide and Walking Tour Map. [1]
After selling the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper, Manchester bought a 49% interest in 101 Ash St. in July 2015 which was to become San Diego’s new City Hall. [ 37 ] Manchester was an early supporter of Donald Trump 's presidential campaign , donating $50,000 to a Trump-aligned super PAC in 2015, [ 38 ] and was a Trump delegate to the 2016 ...
Del Mar: 25: Carlsbad Santa Fe Depot ... Gaslamp Quarter Historic District. May 23, 1980 ... San Diego: 50: Grand-Horton Hotel: Grand-Horton Hotel. June 20, 1980 : ...
SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 1: El Prado Area: Balboa Park: 9/7/1967 Long, wide promenade running through the center of Balboa Park, lined with Spanish Revival buildings including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art
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The Stingaree was a neighborhood in downtown San Diego from the boom of the 1880s until it was demolished during a vice eradication campaign of 1916. It was the site of the city's Chinatown . [ 1 ] Because of this, and it's working class origins, it had a reputation as the home to the city's "undesirables", including prostitutes , pimps , drug ...
The Cotheret Building is an historic structure located at 536 4th Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, in the U.S. state of California. [1] [2]According to the Gaslamp Quarter historic building marker number 8 which is posted onto the structure's façade, the Cotheret Building was constructed in 1903 and is the only building currently standing in the Gaslamp Quarter with an original ...