Gaslamp Quarter
The Gaslamp Quarter is a favorite place for residents of San Diego and visitors to shop, eat great food and find entertainment. It is one of the most extensive collections of architecturally significant historic buildings in the country, being constructed between 1873 to 1930.
Consisting of 16 1/2 blocks around Fourth and Fifth Avenues, the historic Gaslamp Quarter has over 100 of the tastiest and finest restaurants, 35 pubs and nightclubs and 100 retail shops, plus art galleries, theaters, offices and residential lofts. At night and especially on weekends, the downtown neighborhood attracts many shoppers, dinners and nightclub patrons. Stroll down 4th and 5th avenues to visit the heart of the Gaslamp District.
Horton Plaza was opened in 1985 and designed to resemble a European marketplace. Owned by Westfield Shopping, the shopping mall occupies sex and one-half blocks in downtown San Diego and has ornate lamps that appear like the original gas lamps used in San Diego at the turn of the century. There are 130 stores and shops including Macy’s and Nordstroms, several restaurants and a multi-screen movie theater.
Website: www.gaslamp.org
In May 2007, the Ivy Hotel opened with 159 luxury rooms and 16 suites, 2 presidential suites and 1 signature suite with 2 levels and a spiral staircase leading to a private poolside cabana. Some nice features include a personal butler on each floor, a night club called Envy (4-level nightclub!), a street-level restaurant seating 180 guests called Quarter Kitchen and Eden, a rooftop terrace and swimming pool. www.theiveyhotel.com
There’s also the modern and boutique-style Keating Hotel which opened in February 2007, the Victorian styled Horton Grand Hotel built in the 1880′s, the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter’s 30 residential style lofts and the restored late-Victorian Gaslamp Plaza Suites, which was San Diego’s first skyscraper built in 1913.
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