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Sign for the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
I've heard the Queen is a gas lighting enthusiast. Certainly its the case there are plenty all around Buckingham Palace!
This is Malam Gardens, Poplar, East London. Built as a private housing estate for a gas company in 1935-36 it remains gas-lit to this day. There are five lamps to three different designs.
There are few gas lights anywhere nowaday. Some survive in posh streets in places like St James's in central London. There is a very grand Georgian Crescent in Blackheath that is gas lit too - but is this the last 'ordinary' street in London to retain gas lighting?
Surprisingly this lampost is concrete.
because it promotes drug and alcohol abuse.
This sign is located in the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego.
One of the few times I ventured into the outside con.
Thursday at Comic-Con 2014. See also my write-up of the con.
After a day of celebrations, including the obligatory speeches, dressing up in period costume, a few extra special trains (Endeavours between Moss Vale & Goulburn) and ceremony at Marulan for the 150th anniversary of rail services (actually 6th August 2018), an image of the faux gas lamp at night on the platform at Bundanoon. Sunday 5th August 2018
The Gaslamp Quarter is a redeveloped neighborhood of Downtown San Diego, once the center of what was known as "New Town". The area is named for its old gaslamps that are scattered about the area. It is a popular tourist destination in San Diego.
(Old Town) San Diego was founded around Presidio Hill due to its defensibility, as opposed to its access to fresh water. In 1850 William Davis proposed to develop a new neighborhood at the edge of San Diego Bay. Strong opposition from the established communities of Old Town and La Playa caused the venture to mostly fail. In the 1860s, Alonzo Horton largely took over the area and despite the opposition made "New Town" a great success, eclipsing Old Town. However by the 1880s the area become a seedy port district of saloons, prostitution and gambling known as Stingaree, filled with sailors, blue collar workers, and the Chinese community in San Diego. Vice flourished until 1916, when as part of a vice-clearing operation much of Stingaree (including most of Chinatown) was razed and a large portion of the population driven out. Even so, the seedy entertainment district remained as the "Sailor's Entertainment" district flourishing during the world wars, until the 1980s redevelopment project closed most of the remaining massage parlors and pornography shops for a (tourist) entertainment district.
Gaslamp Quarter, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California
The Gaslamp Quarter, the heart of downtown San Diego, has a colorful history reaching back to the early 1800's when east coast immigrant settlers originally set foot there. What started in the late 1800's as San Diego's main commercial district took a decidedly wild turn at the turn of the century when those businesses migrated to the north of Broadway. The lovely Victorian buildings weren't vacant for long. Many quickly found new life housing brothels, bars and other establishments that rightly earned the area the reputation as San Diego's redlight district. The area also was home to San Diego's booming Chinese community, a part of San Diego's history now preserved by several buildings located within and adjacent to the Quarter.
Most of the buildings that exist today in the Gaslamp date back to late 1800's and early 1900's. Toured by thousands annually, the intricate historic buildings of the Quarter, restored to their original character are listed in the National Historic Register. Each building in the Quarter boasts its own grand Victorian-style architecture and is a breathing reminder of turn-of-the-century San Diego.
He really is a fenomenon, the Motherfucking Gaslamp Killer. One of the highlights of this years ADE during another edition of Viral Radio. You can read my review here.
Gaslamp Liquor is history now. Replaced by The Mark, a mid-rise condominium tower now under construction.
A few photos from the unsuccessful June 27, 2010 San Diego Bikini Week attempt to set a record for the largest bikini parade. They needed about 300 women and it wasn't clear how far the event fell short.