 The view south of Crystal Pier
 The view north of Crystal Pier Pacific Beach is a neighborhood of San Diego, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. While largely populated by surfers and college students, the population is becoming more professional and affluent due to rising property and rental costs. "PB" as it is known as by local residents is also home to one of San Diego's larger nightlife areas, with dozens of bars and eateries lining main east-west street Garnet and north-south street Mission. Pacific Beach, San Diego File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Pacific Beach, San Diego File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Pacific Beach, San Diego File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Pacific Beach, San Diego File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
City nickname: Americas Finest City Location of San Diego within San Diego County County San Diego Mayor Toni Atkins (interim) Area –Land –Water 372. ...
One of the beaches at La Jolla Cove. ...
Mission Beach is a stretch of sand along the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. ...
Interstate 5, or I-5, is an interstate highway along the west coast of the United States. ...
A golden beach in Pacific Beach stretches for miles from the Mission Bay jetty to the cliffs of La Jolla. A sidewalk, the boardwalk, running along the beach, is typically crowded with pedestrians, cyclists, rollerbladers, and shoppers. The beach scene centers around Crystal Pier which is at the west end of Garnet Street. Categories: San Diego | Stub ...
Unlike many other areas of southern California, alcohol is permitted only on the sand part of the beach in Pacific Beach 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m., which naturally makes it a popular spot for parties on the weekends.
The primary north-south street running parallel to the beach is Mission Boulevard, with the streets named after late 19th federal officials, then incrementing in alphabetical order as they move further from the coast. Bayard, Cass, Dawes, Everts, Fanuel, Gresham, Haines, Ingraham, Jewell, Kendall, Lamont, Morrell, Noyes, Olney, Pendelton.
The east-west streets are named after precious stones and are roughly in alphabetical order from north to south:
Other east-west streets, also named after stones, fall in there, but out of order. Including: Sapphire, Tourmaline, Opal, and Turquoise Chalcedony Knife, AD 1000-1200 Chalcedony is one of the cryptocrystalline varieties of the mineral quartz, having a waxy luster. ...
A scattering of round-brilliant cut diamonds shows off the many reflecting facets. ...
The Garnet group of minerals show crystals with a habit of rhombic dodecahedrons and trapezohedrons. ...
Turquoise (or turquois) is opaque, blue-to-green hydrated copper aluminium phosphate mineral according to the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·5H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been enjoyed as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique...
1Despite the fact that Garnet St. is surrounded by streets named after other stones, San Diego residents pronounce it as though it were a surname, "Gar-NETT."
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