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Meridian Condominiums is the 19th tallest building in San Diego, California, and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. It has a height of 371 ft (113 m) and contains 172 units. It has a height of 371 ft (113 m) and contains 172 units.
San Diego Skyline in 2018. The city's tallest building, the pyramid-topped One America Plaza, is in center-right. San Diego, a major coastal city in Southern California, has over 200 high-rises mainly in the central business district of downtown San Diego. [1] In the city there are 42 buildings that stand taller than 300 feet (91 m).
1867: Real estate developer Alonzo Horton arrived in San Diego and purchased 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of land in New Town for $265. Major development began in the Gaslamp Quarter. [8] 1880s to 1916: Known as the Stingaree, the area was a working class area, home to San Diego's first Chinatown, "Soapbox Row" and many saloons, gambling halls, and ...
The Stingaree was a neighborhood in downtown San Diego from the boom of the 1880s until it was demolished during a vice eradication campaign of 1916. It was the site of the city's Chinatown . [ 1 ] Because of this, and it's working class origins, it had a reputation as the home to the city's "undesirables", including prostitutes , pimps , drug ...
The building was occupied by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) from 1968 to 1998, and then by SDGE parent Sempra Energy from 1998 to 2015. [3]In 2016, Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced a $128 million lease-to-own deal under which the city would acquire the building as-is from owner Cisterra Development and at the end of the 20-year lease own the building free-and-clear. [4]
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East County does not have an official geographic definition, although East County boundaries are unofficially drawn by the County of San Diego for its second district. [1] It commonly includes El Cajon , La Mesa , Lemon Grove , Poway , and Santee , as well as suburban and rural unincorporated communities such as Lakeside , Spring Valley , Jamul ...
The area is entirely flat. It consists mostly of “fill” land built up over formerly marshy areas and river sediment deposits. Nothing remains of the former wetlands except Famosa Slough State Marine Conservation Area (a city-owned nature preserve which is technically located in Point Loma but is considered part of Midway by many people) and the San Diego River bed itself.