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Aerial view of the Naval Medical Center San Diego as seen in the 1950s An entirely new $270 million hospital complex was built in Florida Canyon, north of the original hospital, during the mid-1980s; the site was chosen at the urging of then- U.S. Representative Bob Wilson , after whom the new hospital complex was subsequently named.
La Playa (Spanish, 'the beach') is a bayfront neighborhood in the Point Loma community of San Diego, California. It is bordered by San Diego Bay to the east, Naval Base Point Loma to the south, the Wooded Area neighborhood to the west, and Point Loma Village/Roseville-Fleetridge to the north. [1] It lies across a channel from Shelter Island.
Mission San Diego itself was in the San Diego River valley, but its port was a bayside beach in Point Loma called La Playa (Spanish for beach). The historic La Playa Trail , the oldest European trail on the West Coast , [ 9 ] led from the Mission and Presidio to La Playa, where ships anchored and unloaded their cargoes via small boats.
Sanford Burnham Prebys is a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research institute focused on conducting basic and translational research. Its primary research areas include cancer, neurodegeneration, diabetes, infectious diseases, inflammatory conditions, and childhood illnesses.
The Arctic Submarine Laboratory is a research facility of the U.S. Navy's Undersea Warfighting Development Center in San Diego, California. It began as a converted World War II mortar emplacement, Battery Whistler , and was focused on scientific exploration of the Arctic Basin , and particularly providing the capability to operate attack ...
Clairemont (or Clairemont Mesa) is a community in San Diego, California, United States.It has a population of about 81,600 residents and an area of roughly 13.3 square miles (34 km 2).
Morena is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, bordered by Bay Park to the north, Linda Vista to the east, Mission Bay to the west, and Mission Valley to the south. [1] E. Mission Bay Drive forms the western boundary. [2] The ZIP Code is 92110.
The neighborhood is defined by the City of San Diego as the area bounded by State Route 52 (SR 52), Interstate 15 (I-15), Aero Drive, and I-805. [6] The city also includes in its definition a stretch of land extending south of Aero Drive along the west side of I-15 to its junction with Friars Road.