Little Italy/Gaslamp District

Sign over the main street in the Little Italy District

Waiting for the trolley across from the San Diego Convention Center

High rise across from the Convention Center with views out to the Bay..awesome

Jack and I boarded the bus again,then the trolley(we're getting good at this now) and visited the Little Italy District. Little Italy is a somewhat hilly area in downtown San Diego, that was originally an Italian fishing neighborhood. It has since been gentrified and now Little Italy is a scenic neighborhood composed mostly of Italian restaurants, Italian retail shops, home design stores, art galleries, and residential units. We had the best pizza here.

Boarded the trolley again for a short ride to the Gaslamp District.Its main period of development began in 1867, when Alonzo Horton bought the land in hopes of creating a new city center closer to the bay, and chose 5th Avenue as its main street. After a period of urban decay, the neighborhood underwent a renewal in the 1980s and 1990s, and is today an energetic business and entertainment district. There is a huge Westfield Mall...Horton Plaza.

Downtown San Diego has a cool assortment of highrise condos and office buildings...some unusual in design. I thought the Convention Center was particularly attractive.