NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, California

The Quarter is home to many events and festivals, including Mardi Gras in the Gaslamp, Taste of Gaslamp and ShamROCK, a (St. Patrick's Day) event. PETCO Park, home of the San Diego Padres is located one block away in downtown San Diego's East Village. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is a photo of the Gaslamp Quarter entrance. ... This is a photo of the Gaslamp Quarter entrance. ... St. ... PETCO Park is an open-air stadium in downtown San Diego, California. ... Major league affiliations National League (1969â€“present) West Division (1969â€“present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 6, 19, 31, 35, 42 Name San Diego Padres (1969â€“present) Other nicknames The Pads, The Friars, The Fathers, The Dads Ballpark PETCO Park (2004â€“present) Qualcomm Stadium (1969-2003) a. ...

The Gaslamp Quarter is a 16 1/2 block historical neighborhood in downtown San Diego, California. Its main period of 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. After a period of urban decay, the neighborhood underwent urban renewal in the 1980s and 1990s, and is today an energetic business and entertainment district. The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ... San Diego redirects here. ... Alonzo Horton (October 24, 1813 - 1910) could be considered the second founder of the city of San Diego. ... Urban decay and renewal in Cincinnati Urban decay is the popular term for both the physical and social degeneration of cities and large towns. ... Urban Renewal redirects here. ...

The Gaslamp Quarter, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, extends from Broadway to Harbor Drive, and from 4th to 6th Avenue, covering 16 1/2 blocks. It includes 94 historic buildings, most of which were constructed in the Victorian Era, and are still in use with active tenants including restaurants, shops and nightclubs. A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

History

When development of the area began in the 1860s, the area currently known as the Gaslamp Quarter was known as New Town, in contrast to Old Town, which was the original Spanish colonial settlement of San Diego. The name "Gaslamp Quarter" is a reference to the gas lamps that were common in San Diego in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Recently, four new gaslamps have been installed at the intersection of Market Street and 5th Avenue to evoke that time. Old Town, San Diego Old Town, San Diego Old Town, San Diego The Old Town San Diego State Historic Park recreates life in the Mexican and early American periods of 1821 to 1872. ... Gas lighting is the process of burning piped natural gas or coal gas for illumination. ...

Timeline

1850: William Heath Davis buys 160 acres (0.65 km²) in what will eventually become the Gaslamp Quarter. Despite heavy investment from Davis, little development happens in this period.^[1] William Heath Kanaka Davis, Jr. ...

1867: Alonzo Horton arrives in San Diego and purchases 800 acres (3.2 km²) of land in New Town for $265. Major development begins in the Gaslamp Quarter.^[2] Alonzo Horton (October 24, 1813 - 1910) could be considered the second founder of the city of San Diego. ...

1880s to 1900s: Now known as the Stingaree, the area is home to many saloons, gambling halls, and bordellos. Wyatt Earp and his wife Josie come to San Diego and invest in real estate and saloons.^[3] The Stingaree was a neighborhood of San Diego between the boom of the 1880s and the cleanup of 1916. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ... Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848â€“January 13, 1929) was an American farmer, teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western frontier towns, gambler, saloon-keeper, and miner. ...

1950s-1970s: The decaying Gaslamp Quarter becomes known as a "Sailor's Entertainment" district, with a high concentration of pornographic theatres, bookshops and massage parlors.

1970: The start of the public interest in preserving buildings downtown, especially in Gaslamp Quarter.

1976: The city adopted the Gaslamp Quarter Urban Design and Development Manual, aimed at preserving buildings in the area, and the redevelopment of Gaslamp Quarter as a national historic district.

1982: Gaslamp Quarter became the major focus of the redevelopments in downtown by the city of San Diego.

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