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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]
Corner in the Quarter. In the 1860s, the area was known as New Town, in contrast to Old Town, the original Spanish colonial settlement of San Diego. [4] [better source needed] Intensive development began in 1867, when Alonzo Horton bought the land in hopes of creating a new city center closer to the bay, and chose 5th Avenue as its main street.
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]
Another was in San Diego's Midway district. [9] It closed in September 2015 [10] and reopened in the Gaslamp Quarter in August 2016. [11] That location then closed in February 2017. [12] In 2010, Du-par's expanded for the first time outside California by opening a restaurant-bakery in the Golden Gate Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. [13]
The Buel–Town Building is an historic structure located at 278 5th Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. It was built in 1898. The Buel–Town Building was the first Gaslamp Quarter building to be rehabilitated, in 1973, kicking off the rejuvenation of this neighborhood near San Diego's downtown; from then it housed the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant.
Commercial building in the Gaslamp Quarter built in 1882 71: Keating Building: 432 "F" St. 6/2/1972 Romanesque style commercial structure in Gaslamp Quarter built in 1890; early tenants included the San Diego Savings Bank, the public library and the Humane Society 72: Nesmith–Greely Building: 825–831 Fifth Ave 6/2/1972 73: Louis Bank of ...
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum San Diego Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Gate. The Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District (APTHD) is a historic Chinatown in San Diego, California. It is an eight-block district adjacent to and in part overlapping with the Gaslamp Quarter. The district is bounded by ...
The Cole Block Building is an historic structure located at 702 5th Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. [1] It was built in 1892, [ 2 ] and housed the restaurant La Strada, as of 2011.