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About Pacific Beach
Pacific Beach is a neighborhood of San Diego, bounded by La Jolla to the
north, Mission Beach to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific
Ocean to the west. While largely populated by surfers and college students, the
population is becoming more professional and affluent due to rising property and
rental costs. "PB" as it is known as by local residents is also home to one of
San Diego's larger nightlife areas, with dozens of bars and eateries lining main
east-west street Garnet and north-south street Mission.
A golden beach in Pacific Beach stretches for miles from the Mission Bay jetty
to the cliffs of La Jolla. A sidewalk, the boardwalk, running along the beach,
is typically crowded with pedestrians, cyclists, rollerbladers, and shoppers.
The beach scene revolves around Crystal Pier, which is at the west end of Garnet
Street.
Unlike many other areas of southern California, alcohol is permitted only on the
sand part of the beach in Pacific Beach noon to 8:00 p.m., which naturally makes
it a popular spot for parties on the weekends.
The primary north-south street running parallel to the beach is Mission
Boulevard, with the streets named after late 19th federal officials, then
incrementing in alphabetical order as they move further from the coast. Bayard,
Cass, Dawes, Everts, Fanuel, Gresham, Haines, Ingraham, Jewell, Kendall, Lamont,
Morrell, Noyes, Olney, Pendelton.
The east-west streets are named after precious stones and are roughly in
alphabetical order from north to south:
* Agate
* Beryl
* Chalcedony
* Diamond
* Emerald
* Felspar
* Garnet1
* Hornblend
* Opal
Other east-west streets also named after stones fall in there, but out of order.
These include: Sapphire, Tourmaline, Opal, and Turquoise.
Despite the fact that Garnet Ave. is surrounded by streets named after other
stones, many San Diego residents mispronounce it as though it were the surname,
Garnette /'gar.ńɛt/, instead of the stone, garnet /'ģar.nət/.
History
Pacific Beach was developed during the boom years of 1886–1888 by D. C. Reed, A.
G. Gassen, Charles W. Pauley, R. A. Thomas, and O. S. Hubbell. It was Hubbell
who "leared away the grainfields, pitched a tent, mapped out the lots, hired an
auctioneer and started to work". To attract people, they built the Race Track
and San Diego College of Letters, neither of which survive today. A railway also
connected Pacific Beach with downtown San Diego, and was later extended to La
Jolla.