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Central Downtown
CENTRAL DOWNTOWN
DOWNTOWN
San Diego’s dynamic Downtown includes eight separate neighbor- hoods spread over 1,500 acres. Currently, 28,000 persons live downtown. 50,000 more are expected in the next two decades. New housing stock is being built to provide a wide array of options for persons of all income levels. Here, you’ll find single room occupancy buildings (SROs), lofts, two- bedroom units and multi-million dollar ocean-view condos. This new housing is being balanced with new infrastructure, amenities and job creation.
Watermark, Downtown
revitalization of downtown. Seventy- five years ago, only the
famed El Cortez Hotel offered enticing views from the Pacific Ocean to Balboa Park to the San Diego Bay. Today, 275 new condos and 400 apartments are now completed—many which offer panoramic views.
EAST VILLAGE
East Village is the County’s most rapidly developing neighborhood. Anchored by Petco Park, this formerly blighted area is being transformed into a vibrant community. Nearly 2,500 condos and 1,300 apartment units are located here. East Village is the home of the Park to Bay Link, where a promenade is being created from Twelfth Avenue to Park Boulevard. A new Main Library will be placed along this paseo linking the historic park and world-famous Zoo to the Embarcadero.
Horton Plaza, Downtown
Gaslamp Quarter, Downtown
COLUMBIA
This key commercial downtown neighborhood includes: Broadway Pier; the waterfront; federal and county courthouses; the cruise ship terminal; the Museum of Contemporary Art, the historic Santa Fe Depot train station, and the award-winning Anthology Nightclub. Seven luxury high-rise office and residential buildings are located on or near historic Pacific Hwy just west of Broadway.
CORE
The physical center and financial hub of the city, the Core features high- line hotels, Horton Plaza Shopping Center, the City Concourse, and the Civic Theatre. Downtown’s tallest building, Symphony Tower, is located here and is home of San Diego’s premier University Club.
CORTEZ HILL
One of San Diego’s oldest and most distinguished residential neighborhoods, The Hill and its Victorian style homes has led the
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