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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 ...
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) is a California state prison in unincorporated southern San Diego County, California, [2] near San Diego. [3] [4] It is operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The facility sits on 780 acres (320 ha). It is the only state prison in San Diego County.
People from La Jolla, San Diego (1 C, 94 P) S. Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2 C, 21 P) Scripps Research (2 C, 38 P) U. University of California, San Diego (5 ...
In 1957, the area comprising South San Diego was annexed by the City of San Diego, from unincorporated San Diego County. On July 18, 1984, in an event known as the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre , James Oliver Huberty, a 41-year-old former welder from Canton, Ohio, committed a mass-murder of 21 people inside a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro .
Interstate 805 (I-805) is a major north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in Southern California.It is a bypass auxiliary route of I-5, running roughly through the center of the Greater San Diego region from San Ysidro (part of the city of San Diego) near the Mexico–U.S. border to near Del Mar.
Between 1936 and 1940, the gliderport was so popular that San Diego Mayor Percy J. Benbough dedicated the gliderport "to the youth of California" on January 1, 1939. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] During World War II, the gliderport and its surroundings were transformed into U.S. Army Camp Callan , an anti-aircraft artillery training facility. [ 9 ]
Barrio Logan is a neighborhood in south central San Diego, California. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of East Village and Logan Heights to the north, Shelltown and Southcrest to the east, San Diego Bay to the southwest, and National City to the southeast. Interstate 5 forms the northeastern boundary. [1]
655 West Broadway is the 13th-tallest building in San Diego, California, and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. Tied with Pinnacle Marina Tower , it has a height of 412 feet (126 m). It is located at 655 West Broadway in the Marina district of downtown San Diego . 655 West Broadway is a 23-story building that uses the postmodern ...