Linda Vista Street Fair 2012
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Waves crashing over the Ocean Beach Pier in 2002The beach's initial name was Mussel Beach, for the available there. Its current name, Ocean Beach, was given in 1887 by developers and Albert E.
Higgins.The pair built the Cliff House, a resort hotel, and subdivided the area into lots. To promote their subdivision, Carlson and Higgins organized various activities, including mussel roasts and concerts.
Despite their efforts, the development did not do well, because it was two and a half hours by carriage from downtown San Diego. They rented a locomotive, but by that time, the boom ended and the development was put on hold. The Ocean Beach Railroad, launched in April 1888, was a casualty of the economic decline.
Passengers could take a ferry from San Diego to Roseville in Point Loma to ride the train to the Cliff House. Later, Higgins committed suicide, and a fire started by a fallen chandelier burnt down the Cliff House in 1898. Carlson sold the Ocean Beach tract to an Eastern financier, delaying its development for 20 years.Carlson and Higgins were not the first to file a subdivision map in Ocean Beach.
They filed with the city on May 28, 1887, but on April 22 of that year J.M. DePuy filed 'DePuy's Subdivision' on 15 blocks in the northern portion of O.B.One of the earliest residents of Ocean Beach was, who bought oceanfront property there in 1887 when he was just 16. He later became one of the 'fathers' of Ocean Beach, laying out streets, promoting sales, and building the Point Loma Railroad in 1909 to connect Ocean Beach with the rest of San Diego. By 1910 there were 100 houses in Ocean Beach, compared to just 18 two years earlier. According to historian Ruth Held, Collier's rail line 'made OB possible.' He also built Ocean Beach Elementary School (a two-room school) and donated park land to the city. Most of that land became Cleator Community Park (a ballfield), Correia Middle School (originally named Collier Junior High School), a YMCA and a church; a small remnant at Greene and Soto streets is still called Collier Park.The northern end of Ocean Beach was dominated in the early 20th century by the, which opened on July 4, 1913 and was constructed on eight oceanfront acres at Voltaire and Abbott streets.
It boasted a large roller coaster, dance pavilion, menagerie, roller skating rink, merry-go-round, children's playground, a petting zoo with a variety of animals including 500 monkeys, and 22,000 lights outlining the buildings. However, Wonderland went bankrupt in 1915 due to competition from the in Balboa Park and was sold at auction. It closed in 1916 after winter storms damaged the roller coaster.
The name 'Wonderland' lives on in some Ocean Beach business names as well as the title of a documentary series on hosted by Ocean Beach native Noah Tafolla.In 1915, and his Bayshore Railway Company built a 1,500 feet (460 m) wooden bridge connecting Ocean Beach with Mission Beach. The company used the bridge for a trolley, part of the, which connected OB with Downtown San Diego and encouraged the development of both Ocean Beach and Mission Beach.
The bridge was demolished in January 1951, thereby cutting off through traffic to Ocean Beach from the Mission Beach and Pacific Beach communities.The small cottages, bungalows, single-family homes and two-storied apartments in the residential areas, were filled with college students from several local colleges, joined by a good number of sailors, retirees and middle-class families. Some of the bungalows built as tourist accommodations atop the cliffs on either side of Niagara Avenue are still in use as businesses and homes.With the dredging and development of Mission Bay and the dismantling of the Ocean Beach-Mission Beach bridge, O.B.
Became geographically isolated from the rest of San Diego and the other beach communities, until the construction of in 1967. The westernmost segment of I-8 from to the terminus in Ocean Beach is officially labeled the 'Ocean Beach Freeway'.was introduced to San Diego at Ocean Beach in 1916 when a local lifeguard borrowed a board from (although it's possible that surfed there between 1907 and 1909).
By 1966, the sport was sufficiently established that the World Surfing Championship was held in O.B. Won the event and was named.Ocean Beach was once known as the of San Diego. The community became an attraction for hippies, who eventually became accepted by many local business establishments. The Black headshop opened on Newport Avenue, as well as the Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Market.Beginning in the early 1970s, local development and land interests pressed for the development of Ocean Beach's oceanfront, with plans for tourist-oriented resorts, hotels and a marina outlined in the Ocean Beach Precise Plan. With the passage of a 30-foot (9.1 m) height limit in 1972 and the re-writing of the Precise Plan, the development plans for the waterfront were abandoned. Architecture Historic district Ocean Beach contains the Ocean Beach Cottage Emerging Historic District consisting of various, cottages and other structures built from 1887–1931.There are a number of other individual. Designated city historic landmark buildings are the Ocean Beach Library and Strand Theater.
Business district on Newport AvenueThe economy of Ocean Beach is dominated by small, independent retail businesses. Newport Avenue, the main business street, featured family-owned businesses from the 1930s through the 1960s, such as a bakery, drug stores, a book and novelty shop, a shoe store, men's and women's apparel shops, and a family-owned pet store.
In the 1960s and 1970s larger stores and shopping malls elsewhere in the city gradually ran the small local stores out of business. Many of the storefronts were then turned into antique stores, and the area is now known as the. Also on Newport are restaurants, tattoo and piercing shops, coffee houses, bars, bike and surf shops, and an international youth hostel. In 1969 opened on Newport, gaining national attention in 2007 after appearing on. There are several small independent hotels in O.B., but no nationally franchised hotels.The community has actively opposed chain businesses opening in Ocean Beach, and only a few exist there. In the 1970s, community protests led a chain of donut stores to drop its plans to open a store in O.B. In 2000 an Exxon station abandoned its attempt to open a gas station there.
In 2001, an organized grassroots effort attempted unsuccessfully to block from opening a coffee shop in Ocean Beach.Ocean Beach is the site of a historic single-screen movie house; The Strand Theatre, which opened in November 1925. In the late 1970s, the Strand survived with midnight showings of on Friday and Saturday nights. By the early 1980s it was running pornographic films.
Community reaction forced it to change back to regular films. It closed in the 1990s and was converted into a clothing store after several failed attempts to preserve it as a theater.
The theater was designated a historic building by the San Diego Historical Resources Board in December 2002. Community Residents of Ocean Beach often refer to themselves as 'OBceans' or 'OBecians,' which is pronounced 'oh-BEE-shun' (although the proper spelling is a matter of dispute).Ocean Beach has two schools: Ocean Beach Elementary (a K-4 ) and Warren-Walker (a K-8 private school).
The community also features multiple churches, a public library, a U.S. Post office, and a vegetarian food co-op. Recreational facilities include the Ocean Beach Recreation Center, Dusty Rhodes Park, and the Robb Field athletic fields and skate park.Local organizations include the Ocean Beach Town Council, the Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association, a, and the Ocean Beach Historical Society. The Ocean Beach Planning Board advises the city regarding growth and development.Local events include the Ocean Beach Street Fair and Chili Cookoff in late June, a jazz festival at the foot of Newport in late September, the Ocean Beach Christmas Parade in early December, the Ocean Beach Kite Festival on the third Saturday of May, and the Ocean Beach Canine Carnival on the third Saturday in October. On Wednesday afternoons two blocks of Newport Avenue are closed for a farmers' market.The 1,971-foot (601 m) Ocean Beach Municipal Pier, built in 1966, is the longest concrete pier in the world and the second longest ocean pier in California.
The pier supports a restaurant and bait shop (Ocean Beach Pier Cafe), which is located about 200 yards (180 m) down the pier. It is open 24 hours a day.
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A concrete walkway spans part of the length of the 1 mile (1.6 km) beach.The northern end of O.B.' S waterfront is known as Dog Beach. It's open 24 hours a day for leash-free dogs and was one of the first such beaches in the United States (founded in 1972).Ocean Beach and adjacent Point Loma are home to a sizable population of and their offspring. The sub-tropical climate is nearly ideal for parrots. The parrots, mostly, are most active and vocal at sunrise and sunset.
Notable Ocean Beach people Ocean Beach's current and former notable residents, politicians and merchants include:. (1864 – 1937), American politician who gave Ocean Beach its name., developer who opened Ocean Beach to the rest of the world in 1909. (born 1935), artist and cartoonist., writer and food critic. (born 1950), California., Ocean Beach merchant, antiques expert., author of books. (born 1969), musician and disc jockey., a rock band based in Ocean Beach.
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