San Diego & Around - Coastal California - page 1025

27 Fluxx D3
28 Karl Strauss Brewery & Grill

C2

29 Noble Experiment E3

30 Quality Social E3

31 Star Bar D2

Entertainment
32 4th & B E2
33 Arts Tix D2
34 House of Blues E2
San Diego Padres E4
35 San Diego Symphony E1

36 Shout House D3

Shopping
37 Headquarters at Seaport District

C3

Seaport Village B4
38 Westfield Horton Plaza

D3

Downtown San Diego was a rough place in the 19th century, full of saloons, gambling
joints, bordellos and opium dens. By the 1960s it had declined to a skid row of flophouses
and bars.
But thanks to strong bones and a local preservation and restoration movement, historic
buildings have been restored and collectively renamed the Gaslamp Quarter , now full of
restaurants, nightspots and theaters amid 19th-century-style street lamps, trees and brick
sidewalks. A few 'adult entertainment' shops, and a fair number of homeless folks serve as
reminders of the old days.
See the Gaslamp's early history at the Gaslamp Museum & William Heath Davis
House ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.gaslampquarter.org ; 410 Island Ave; adult/senior & student
$5/4, walking tour $10/8; 10am-6pm Tue-Sat, 9am-3pm Sun, walking tour 11am Sat) , San Diego