Downtown is the dining destination of the moment.
Sept. 16, 2014
Business
The L.A. district’s long-awaited revival appears to be picking up steam as national retail chains scout for store sites to serve the growing residential population.
March 30, 2007
Travel & Experiences
Rooftop venue is perfect for picnic, play, party and pool time
March 6, 2014
California
For all the recent gains in downtown San Diego, only about half of the region’s residents frequently visit the area, according to a research report released Tuesday that cites persistent worries over crime and street people, parking problems and traffic congestion.
April 8, 1987
When a 54-year-old San Francisco businessman named Alonzo Erastus Horton arrived in San Diego in 1867, a few hours spent strolling around a mostly brush-covered area that now comprises the heart of downtown convinced him that the picturesque bayfront site would one day crown the Pacific Coast.
June 9, 1985
Condo prices are skidding. Developers overestimated demand in an area with ‘rough edges,’ analysts say.
March 13, 2008
Los Angeles: Reinvent the hub of the city to make it vibrant and essential to civic life.
July 15, 1996
Shawn Hubler’s essay Aug. 8, “The Sum of Our Parts,” made some interesting points about downtown L.A., but I think there is too much concern about that downtown.
Aug. 19, 1997
The residential boom many expected in an area with ‘rough edges’ didn’t happen. Now, condo prices are skidding.
Four years before the Marina Park and Park Row condominium projects opened in the early 1980s, thousands of San Diegans, dreaming of being urban pioneers in what they hoped would become a New, Revitalized Downtown, began signing waiting lists to reserve places in the developments.
June 10, 1985