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A storefront in Seaport Village, with a downtown hotel in the background. Seaport Village is a waterfront shopping and dining complex adjacent to San Diego Bay in downtown San Diego, California. The complex houses more than 70 shops, galleries, and eateries on 90,000 square feet (8,000 m 2) of waterfront property.
El Cortez is a condominium building in San Diego, California.Built from 1926 to 1927, El Cortez was the tallest building in San Diego when it opened. It sits atop a hill at the north end of downtown San Diego, where it dominated the city skyline for many years and became a landmark hotel.
Hilton San Diego Bayfront is a hotel in San Diego, California.The 30-story structure is 385 ft-tall (117 m), containing 1,190 suites. The modern building, designed by John Portman & Associates, [4] is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego, directly adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center along San Diego Bay.
In the 1860s, the first Chinese people moved to the downtown area. [19] In the 1870s, the Chinese were the primary fishermen in the area. [20] Beginning in the 1880s, a large number of Chinese began to move to San Diego, establishing a concentration; with up to 200 Chinese making up a minority of the 8,600 who lived in all of San Diego. [21]
Little Italy is a neighborhood in downtown San Diego, California, [2] that was originally a predominantly Italian and Portuguese fishing neighborhood. It now consists of Italian restaurants, grocery stores, home design stores, art galleries and residential units.
Marina is a neighborhood in the southwest section of downtown San Diego, California, along San Diego Bay. It comprises a district of retail and entertainment complexes, such as the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park , Seaport Village , and the San Diego Convention Center .
Central portion of San Diego and neighborhood boundaries. Core is a neighborhood in downtown San Diego, California. It is the central business district of downtown San Diego. The C Street Inn and 101 Ash Street are located in this neighborhood.
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 ...