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The following is a list of neighborhoods and communities located in the city of San Diego. The City of San Diego Planning Department officially lists 52 Community Planning Areas within the city, [ 1 ] many of which consist of multiple different neighborhoods.
Throughout the years, Horton Plaza Park was the backdrop for many notable events. On November 2, 1960, then-Senator John F. Kennedy spoke at Horton Plaza to make a last-minute appeal for votes just six days before the 1960 Presidential Election. [12] On March 19, 1971, the City of San Diego designated the plaza as a historical landmark. [13]
Horton Plaza was an instant financial success [27] and while some credited it for revitalizing downtown San Diego, others said the revitalization benefitted the mall. [2] A gala held the night before the opening drew 7,000, who each paid US$50 per ticket; the opening ceremonies, attended by a crowd estimated at 35,000, included a show by ...
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.
Glacier Gardens served as the first home rink for the San Diego Figure Skating Club. When Glacier Gardens closed as a skating venue in December 1954, club members skated at a number of smaller studio rinks including the Sonald Studio (1955–1959), located at Midway Drive and Fordham Street, Iceland (1960–1965), located at Lake Murray Boulevard and El Paso Street and the Mission Valley Ice ...
Civita is a master-planned community in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, California, United States.Located on a former quarry site, the urban-style, sustainable, transit-oriented 230-acre (93 ha) village is organized around a 14.3-acre (5.8 ha) community park that cascades down the terraced property.
The Old Town area remained the heart of the city of San Diego until the 1860s, when a newcomer to San Diego named Alonzo Horton began to promote development at the site of present-day downtown San Diego. Residents and businesses quickly abandoned "Old Town" for Horton's "New Town" because of New Town's proximity to shipping.
In 1939, the San Diego Figure Skating Club was founded with the arena as its home. The club was incorporated in 1940. The arena was the venue for ice shows throughout the 1940s. It hosted the Pacific Coast Hockey League's San Diego Skyhawks from 1944 to 1950. By 1956, the venue was known as "The Arena".