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 by YaquiLeave a Comment Directions: The Gaslamp Quarter is located in the heart of Downtown San Diego. It's eight blocks long (from Broadway to Harbor Drive) and two blocks wide (from Fourth to Sixth Avenues)Website: http://www.gaslamp.org/index.php
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 JAZZ DAY OR NIGHT by travelgourmet
The Gaslamp Quarter has history as well. It all began when Alonzo E. Horton came to San Diego in 1867. He purchased land and built a wharf at the waterfront of 5th Ave in 1869. By the 1900's the joint was jumping and not to the happiness of the city's elite. Gaslamp Quarter was the honky-tonk, red light district with the Stingaree being the headquarters for prostitution. This area became know as taboo for the clean of heart and a wild area of fun for the military that had many sailors start their tattoo collection in the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter. But, by the 1980's things were a changin'. Buildings were refurbished. Shops and hotels were built or cleaned up. A giant mall, Horton's was built. Restaurants and nightclubs started to multiply. Today, there is even a Stingaree, but it is an upscale party hardy club. Now, thousands of visitors roam to see a great jazz artist or dine in a gourmet restaurant. The shady past is gone, almost. It still peeks out at you. All in all, it is a great place to party in San Diego% Leave a Comment Directions: Broadway to Market on 6th Ave, 5th Ave, and 4th Ave. Parking is expensive and hard to find any street parking. Parking is less expensive at the Horton Plaza Parking structure at one end of the Gaslamp Quarter. Bring your cash.Website: http://www.gaslamp.com
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 Welcome to Downtown's Gaslamp
Quarter! by lmkluque
The city "fathers" finally devised a plan to change the pending fate of our sad little town and The Gaslamp Quarter was the result.
In a few short years--by city development standards--San Diegans had a re-vitalized downtown area that was fun to spend time in, elegant to live in and beautiful enough to be proud of. Even the homeless were hired to walk security detail!
Now, instead of avoiding the old section of S.D. we are telling everyone who will listen, "The Gaslamp Quarter" is a Must See in San Diego!! Development is still going on and who knows how far it will spread?
The Gaslamp sign as viewed on Fifth Avenue, looking north from the direction of the Convention Center.
WELCOME TO DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO! Leave a Comment
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 A Unique Looking Theater by lmkluque
Even if you don't have time to go to the theater during your visit to San Diego, just looking at the unique design of this theater is something to see. However, if attending a play is top on your list, you should know that there is a Ticket Master, which offers discount tickets for most plays, concerts and other events going on in the San Diego area, and it is located just up the street from the Lyceum. Leave a Comment
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 Great place to people
watch by spartan
By day, take a walking tour and learn about the Gaslamp's vivid history when legendary lawman Wyatt Earp operated three gambling halls and the Gaslamp Quarter's oldest surviving structure, the restored William Heath Davis House, constructed in 1850. By night as the sun sets, the streets come alive.
The old-fashioned gas lamps begin to glow along the wide brick walkways, sample the busy happy hours at local pubs and dine at one of over 70 restaurants offering cuisine from around the world. Twice annually the area becomes a Mecca of entertainment during the widely popular Street Scene and Mardi Gras Parade and Celebration. Leave a Comment Directions: The Gaslamp Quarter is located in the heart of Downtown San Diego. It's eight blocks long (from Broadway to Harbor Drive) and two blocks wide (from Fourth to Sixth Avenues). There's plenty of parkingWebsite: http://www.gaslamp.com
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I made a pit stop at Horton Plaza on my walking tour of the Gaslamp Quarter mainly because I knew that there would be a restroom somewhere, it's more or less an outdoor shopping mall, not a top draw on my list when traveling. But on the way to the loo I did come across Jessop's Clock which I had remembered reading about. The clock has a long history in the city of San Diego, commissioned by Joseph Jessop, a local jeweler, it took 15 months to build and finally began publicly ticking in 1907. It's 1st stop was in Sacramento at a state fair, it then moved to 952 Fifth Avenue in front of J. Jessop and Sons. In 1927 it was moved to 1041 Fifth Avenue and finally again in 1984 to Horton Plaza.
It's said that the clock has only stopped three times, once when a team of horses crashed into the clock, once during an earthquake and on the day of the clock maker's death. That last one sounds like a bit of an urban legend to me but it sure does make a nice story.
The clock has 20 dials, on one of it's faces there are 12 dials which tell the time in places throughout the world. Leave a Comment
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 by RichmondLeave a Comment
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The Gaslamp Quarter is a revitalized section of downtown San Diego, like many urban centers it started as the main business district, went through a period of decay, then revitalized with the help of preservationists. The major development of this area started in 1867 when Alonzo Horton started to develop it. It didn't take long though for the seedy elements to move in, by the 1880s the area started attracting prostitutes and gamblers and by the mid 1900s it was filled the urban blight of adult bookstores, X rated theaters and massage parlors. The preservationists rallied to save the historic buildings in the 19070s and now you will find trendy restaurants, clubs and shops in and around the historic buildings.
The Gaslamp Quarter covers 16 1/2 blocks and has over 90 buildings listed on the National Historic Register. Architecture fans may want to take a tour, the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation gives a guided tour Saturdays at 11 am or Frommer's has a niceself guided walking tour online.
Photo 1 Yuma Building, built in 1888, it was a brothel in 1912, the 1st to be closed when they tried to clean up the area
Photo 2 The Keating Building built in 1890 by George Keating who died 1/2 way through the completion, his wife engraved his name at the top of the building
Photo 3 Louis Bank of Commerce built in 1888, it's been home to the city's first ice cream parlor, an oyster bar visited frequently by Wyatt Earp and the Golden Poppy Hotel, a brothel run by a fortuneteller Leave a Comment
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 Gate to historic heart of San
Diego by matcrazy1
The Heart of the Gaslamp is Fifth Avenue and on either side Fourth Avenue and Sixth Avenue, however, 5th and 4th are the most popular and active of the three streets.
Leave a Comment Directions: San Diego Downtown - access by trolley (both = Blue and Orange lines).Website: http://www.gaslamp.com
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