Gaslamp Quarter

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Gaslamp Quarter

in

San Diego, California

 

a historic district next to the new convention center

 

restored former city administration building

 

Keating building
(used in Simon & Simon TV series)

 

Foresters building (middle right)
where Hawaiian King reviewed parade from balcony
caught cold and later died 

stained glass from BPOE (Elks)
now inside Hard Rock Cafe

 

Italianate
(hotel sign in background)

 

Yuma building

 

Formerly the "Golden Poppy"
where Madame Cora kept the girls
who were dressed in pastel colors coded 
to the rooms where they entertained

 

former Chinese restaurant
with opium den in the rear

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Painted detail on Buildings

 

men of San Diego

 

wall of antique shop

 

building where during renovation they painted former building detail
 rather than removing the more recent stucco to expose the old detail

 

man leaving with suitcase!

 

faces on the cornice

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the Chinese culture in San Diego

 

 

the museum

 

bed said to be used by the last Imperial Emperor of China

 

lily in the pond

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nearby Horton Plaza

 

the restored U.S. Grant hotel 

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