South Park
South Park, one of the major historic urban communities of San Diego, has long been proposed as a registered… [more]
North Park
In the summer of 1893, San Diego merchant Joseph Nash sold 40 acres of land northeast of Balboa Park… [more]
Kensington
Kensington is an upscale enclave on the southeast rim of Mission Valley with picturesque Spanish-styled… [more]
Mission Hills
Mission Hills is located above Old Town on the rolling hills that overlook San Diego Bay. It is also… [more]
Hillcrest
Hillcrest is a neighborhood northwest of Balboa Park and is known for its tolerance, diversity, and locally-owned… [more]
University Heights
University Heights is centered around Park Boulevard and Adams Avenue. The area is filled with a number… [more]
Bankers Hill
Bankers Hill is literally up the hill from downtown San Diego. Architects — including Irving Gill,… [more]
San Diego Neighborhoods
Bankers Hill
Bankers Hill is literally up the hill from downtown San Diego. Architects — including Irving Gill, William Hebbard, Richard Requa, and Frank Mead — designed homes in this neighborhood, which acquired the name "Bankers Hill" because of its reputation as a place for the affluent. The area was an early upscale neighborhood of the growing city and many Victorian mansions still remain. Some are still residences, and some are now offices for dentists, physicians, attorneys, architects … [Read More...]
University Heights
University Heights is centered around Park Boulevard and Adams Avenue. The area is filled with a number of restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques, and artists' studios. Live entertainment can be found most nights. Adjacent to Hillcrest and Normal Heights, additional restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and nightclubs are within easy reach. Trolley Barn Park on Adams Avenue, just east of Park Boulevard, is popular with young families and hosts free concerts on Friday evenings during the summer. … [Read More...]
Hillcrest
Hillcrest is a neighborhood northwest of Balboa Park and is known for its tolerance, diversity, and locally-owned businesses, including restaurants, cafés, bars, clubs, trendy thrift-stores, and other independent specialty stores. Hillcrest has a high population density, compared to many other neighborhoods in San Diego, and it has a large and active lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Economy The Hillcrest Business Improvement Association has existed since 1921; in … [Read More...]
Mission Hills
Mission Hills is located above Old Town on the rolling hills that overlook San Diego Bay. It is also just west of Hillcrest, and overlooking Presidio Park and Mission Valley. The area was home to many of San Diego's pioneers. Many of the original homes are historical and qualify for the Mills Act, which is a property tax break for owners who agree to keep the structural and historical integrity of their homes. Architect Irving Gill designed many of the houses that have been lovingly … [Read More...]
Kensington
Kensington is an upscale enclave on the southeast rim of Mission Valley with picturesque Spanish-styled homes. It's a peaceful pocket amid the hubbub of the inner city where you will find a tiny business district along its main thoroughfare, Adams Avenue. Kensington was founded in 1910 and its map contains the names of two sisters, Abby (Hall) Hitchcock and Mary (Hall) Gleason who inherited the land from the estate of their brother and mother. Abby's husband was a Realtor and her … [Read More...]
North Park
In the summer of 1893, San Diego merchant Joseph Nash sold 40 acres of land northeast of Balboa Park to James Monroe Hartley, who wished to develop a lemon grove. Hartley deemed his area "Hartley's North Park" – and years later the name stuck as the City of San Diego referred to the new suburb as "North Park." In 1911, Hartley's eldest son, Jack, and a relative (brother-in-law- William Jay Stephens) developed the plot into one of San Diego's first residential and commercial districts. The … [Read More...]
South Park
South Park, one of the major historic urban communities of San Diego, has long been proposed as a registered historic district. It is a neighborhood east of Balboa Park, North of Golden Hill and south of North Park. It is one of San Diego's earliest residential developments. Serious development in the neighborhood started in 1905 with the extension of streetcar service from downtown by the Bartlett Webster Company. In the 1910s, South Park became one of the neighborhoods connected by Class I … [Read More...]
