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At the height of San Diego's real estate boom, Earp made up to $1,000 a night in profit. [7] The Oyster Bar on Fifth Avenue was one of the more popular saloons in the Stingaree district. [8]: 39 : p71 One of the reasons it drew a good crowd was the brothel upstairs named the Golden Poppy.
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]
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 ...
San Diego College for Women opens; now the University of San Diego. Miramar Naval Air Station established. [35] Carlsbad is incorporated. 1953 – Urban League established. [25] 1955 General Atomics in business. Journal of San Diego History begins publication. [36] 1956 – Imperial Beach is incorporated. 1957 Fort Rosecrans transferred to U.S ...
The three men also owned the now-defunct Pink Panther Club. [1] The original Casbah location hosted San Diego bands such as Rocket from the Crypt, Lucy's Fur Coat, Trumans Water, Three Mile Pilot, Creedle, Heavy Vegetable, Fluf, Inch, Crash Worship and Deadbolt. It also hosted bands such as Nirvana [2] and the Smashing Pumpkins. English later ...
The San Diego Daily Journal was a daily newspaper in San Diego, California. It was published by Clinton D. McKinnon from 1944 to 1947, with short runs or a single issue in 1950. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was preceded by the San Diego Progress-Journal .
The 1960s were a decade of dramatic change in La Jolla as a "land boom" led to rapidly increasing real estate prices. [13] Small cottages began to be demolished and replaced by high rises and modern commercial buildings. [14] The site of the Green Dragon Colony, but not its buildings, was listed as a San Diego Historical Landmark in 1973 (HRBS 84).
SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 1: El Prado Area: Balboa Park: 9/7/1967 Long, wide promenade running through the center of Balboa Park, lined with Spanish Revival buildings including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art