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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] This order also corresponds to numbers listed at the top of historic building survey plaques on many Gaslamp Quarter buildings.
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.
Tivoli Bar and Grill is the oldest bar in San Diego, California, located at 505 Sixth Ave. in the Gaslamp Quarter. [1] It opened as a saloon in 1885. [1] [2] Between 1872 and 1885, the building housed a boarding house, a feed store, and a blacksmith shop, [3] and the nine apartments above the bar were once used as a brothel. [3]
Huntington Beach: Long Beach: Malibu Pier: Malibu: Manhattan Beach Pier: Manhattan Beach: Fisherman's Wharf: Monterey: Balboa Pier: Newport Beach: Newport Pier: Newport Beach: Oakland, California: Ocean Beach (San Diego) Oceanside Pier: Oceanside: Pacifica Pier: Pacifica: Pismo Beach: Port Hueneme: Port San Luis, California (near Avila Beach ...
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]
The Manila Cafe is an historic structure located at 515 5th Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. [1] It was built in 1930, and has housed several restaurants since then, including but not limited to, the Mandarin Cafe (1931 to 1933), Owl Hotel, and Kid Jerome Billiard Hall (1940 to 1943). [2]
"Downtown" Manhattan Beach is considered the heart of the city. The area runs along Manhattan Beach Boulevard and the streets perpendicular to the Manhattan Beach Pier and Valley Drive. There are Zagat-rated casual fine-dining restaurants, specialty boutiques and retailers that create a pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use downtown center.
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.