Ocean Beach
By the Ocean Beach Historical Society

Ocean Beach, a neighborhood of San Diego, is known throughout the city, county, and beyond as a unique and quirky place with the feel of a small town, despite being a stone's throw from the center of a major metropolis. Founded in 1887 in a coastal area known for its beautiful cliffs and rock formations, Ocean Beach went through growing pains in the early 1900s before establishing itself as a family-oriented, self-contained beach community by the mid-1930s. Full of mom-and-pop stores and very walkable, Ocean Beach is a favorite destination for thousands of tourists and San Diegans each year.

Paperback · 128 pages
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Mission Hills
By Allen Hazard & Janet O'Dea

Several visionaries shaped the character that defines present-day Mission Hills. There was Sarah Miller, stepdaughter of Captain Johnston of the SS Orizaba; and Kate Sessions, the mother of Balboa Park, who convinced John D. Spreckles to expand the streetcar route to accommodate her Mission Hills nursery. In 1905, George Marston commissioned landscape architect and urban planner John Nolan to implement a development plan for the city. Though never adopted, in 1908, Marston's syndicate formed the restricted subdivision of Mission Hills. Then, in 1909, the city announced plans to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. The fuse was lit, and the boom that followed brought builders and skilled artisans to San Diego.

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San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter
By the Gaslamp Quarter Association, Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation, and the San Diego Historical Society

Founded in 1850, San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, located in what was then called New Town, became the bustling anchor of commerce for the developing City of San Diego. In this new history of the area, nearly 200 striking images tell the story of the area's early boom and bust, the saloons and bordellos of infamous Stingaree Town, the urban decay of the mid-twentieth century, and the rebirth and restoration of the neighborhood over the last 30 years.

Paperback · 128 pages
$21.95