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Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: CONVENTIONS BY THE BAY
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  • San Diego Convention Center - San Diego
    San Diego Convention Center
    by lmkluque
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    This is a view of the convention center from Fourth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter. It is here that many people come for business conventions or seminars. It is located within a few blocks walking distance of Seaport Village, the San Diego Trolley, a relaxing park and the Gaslamp Quarter which makes it convenient to plan off hours without much effort. The size of the building was doubled recently and the roof resembles huge sails, a fitting sight along the bay. 111West Harbor Drive San Diego, CA. 92101

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    Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: What is a downtown?
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  • Downtown is really down in San Diego :-) - San Diego
    Downtown is really down in San
    Diego :-)
    by matcrazy1
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    American cities I visited including San Diego look quite different than old European ones and they don't have a city center (centre), they have a downtown - usually it's located really down but not always hehe. Don't look for numerous lovely, picturesque, small streets (usually closed to traffic) full of small shops oops... stores, cafes, restaurants with tables outside and with lovely yards. Look for high buildings (skyscrapers), a few streets with buildings not quite as tall full of restaurants of various kinds (mainly American and Spanish/Mexican) located one by one (Gaslamp Quarter) plus shopping mall somewhere close (Horton Plaza). It's just an American typical downtown - small in area but big in height usually. Maybe it's more practical (like most things in the USA) but does it look more beautiful? I don't think so.

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    Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: Crowded streets?
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  • HORTON  PLAZA  AT  FRI  10PM - San Diego
    HORTON PLAZA AT FRI 10PM
    by matcrazy1
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    Most San Diegans drive a car (to work, to do shopping, to visit friends etc.), they relatively rarely walk along a street. They walk usually in parks (in weekends mainly), from parking to store/work and just for some entertainment in Gaslamp Quarter especially on Fri-Sat evenings. So, don't expect to see many walking people along streets especially in residential areas. You can see much more cars than walking people in a street, a bit little different than in some European old towns.

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    Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: Do they go to sleep early?
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  • HORTON  PLAZA  ON FRIDAY AT 10PM - San Diego
    HORTON PLAZA ON FRIDAY AT
    10PM
    by matcrazy1
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    There are not many people on streets, in restaurants, clubs etc. especially in business days. Do they go to sleep early or just stay at their homes? What time do they usually start to work? At 8-9am? There are empty streets even in a downtown in the weekend evenings - in contrast to southern European touristy cities.

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    Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: Going shopping? Try Horton...
    Going shopping? Try Horton Plaza in downtown.

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    Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: Street Scene
    If you don't mind crowds, and love music, you should go to the largest music festival in Cali!! It goes on in the gaslamp quarter of downtown for three days, usually in the very end of August, or the beginning of Sept, each year, always on a Fri, Sat, and Sun. You can get tickets for one day, two days, or all three! There are tons of bands each day, with many headliners. Some highlights from last year (2003) were: Bone Thugs n Harmony, Goo Goo Dolls, De la Soul, Allman Bros. Band, Cypress Hill, B-52's, REM, Macy Gray, and so many more!! There is almost every type of music represented. Check it out!!

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  • Website: www.street-scene.com

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    Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: Padres Baseball Game
    Make like a localand enjoy a baseball game at the new Petco Park Stadiium. Name is a bit of a joke, but the stadium's fab and if you're in the nosebleed section (i.e. high up),youcan enjoy great views of SD. I've been twice now; to a Sunday afternoongamewhere a friend and I managed to snag free tickets right by the pitch. And once to a Saturday evening game, (July 3rd 2004), where wewereway up high,. but managed to enjoy the view of the fireworks. Tickets can be cheap or expensive, depending of course on where you sit.

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    Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter: Halloween
    The Saturday preceeding Halloween (if it falls on a weekday) is the best time to see everyone downtown dressed up in costume. This year we went to the Monster Bash in the Gaslamp. I went as a Gypsy and my friend Alma took on a turn of the century/masqurade costume.

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