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331:, 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. 449:, built in 1966, was the longest concrete pier in the world and the second longest ocean pier in California. The pier was closed in January 2021 due to storm damage. It was partially reopened in May of that year, but its long-term future was uncertain; a 2019 report said the pier had suffered significant deterioration and reached "the end of its useful life". It did reopen for several months in the summer of 2023. That winter it suffered severe damage during a storm and the city subsequently announced plans to demolish and replace it with a new design based on community input. A concrete walkway spans part of the length of the 1 mi (1.6 km) beach. 84: 320:
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.
469:. 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 660: 68: 458: 290: 91: 338:, 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 410:
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 ft (9.1 m) height limit in 1972 and the
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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
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Santa Cruz Ave. is a street in Ocean Beach that begins at a cul-de-sac by Catalina Blvd. and ends at a cliffside that has access to stairs that lead to the beach below. At the bottom is a small cove named Santa Cruz Cove, hidden from other parts of the beach. The cove has access from the Ocean Beach
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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Ocean Beach is the site of a historic single-screen movie house, the Strand Theater, which opened in November 1925. In the late 1970s, the Strand survived with midnight showings of
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and his Bayshore Railway Company built a 1,500 ft (460 m) wooden bridge connecting Ocean Beach with Mission Beach. The company used the bridge for a trolley, part of the
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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).
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Pier but is only accessible during low tides. On multiple occasions, heavy surf at the cove has swept people out into the water, causing injuries and deaths.
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surfed there between 1907 and 1909). By 1966, the sport was sufficiently established that the World Surfing Championship was held in O.B.
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Cordelia Mendoza, recognized by San Diego's Business Improvement Districts for outstanding business in Ocean Beach, 2006
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Surfer Magazine's Guide to Southern California Surf Spots: Santa Barbara - Ventura - Los Angeles - Orange - San Diego
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The economy of Ocean Beach is dominated by small, independent retail businesses, including the clothing brand
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from opening a coffee shop in Ocean Beach. In 2019, a similar grassroots effort was unsuccessful in stopping
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Saturday in October. On Wednesday afternoons two blocks of Newport Avenue are closed for a farmers' market.
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was introduced to San Diego at Ocean Beach in 1916 when a local lifeguard borrowed a board from
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Sen. Christine Kehoe, former Ocean Beach resident, Peninsula Beacon article, Nov. 6, 2008, p. 4
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and their offspring. The sub-tropical climate is nearly ideal for parrots. The parrots, mostly
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Ocean Beach contains the Ocean Beach Cottage Emerging Historic District consisting of various
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re-writing of the Precise Plan, the development plans for the waterfront were abandoned.
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Ocean Beach's current and former notable residents, politicians and merchants include:
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cliffs on either side of Niagara Avenue are still in use as businesses and homes.
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Garrick, David (March 7, 2019). "$ 430,000 set to repair damage to pier in OB".
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historic building by the San Diego Historical Resources Board in December 2002.
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to the terminus in Ocean Beach is officially labeled the "Ocean Beach Freeway".
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available there. Its current name, Ocean Beach, was given in 1887 by developers
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The northern end of Ocean Beach was dominated in the early 20th century by the
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500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them
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CityWalks: Ocean Beach - San Diego Entertainment Guide at SignOnSanDiego.com
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List of San Diego Historic Landmarks in the Point Loma and Ocean Beach areas
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people inhabited Ocean Beach and had established the fishing encampment of
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opened on Newport, gaining national attention in 2007 after appearing on
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Ocean Beach and adjacent Point Loma are home to a sizable population of
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San Diego's Hysterical History: Fallout from the Skeleton's Closet
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Orlovsky, Christina; Blair, Graham; Radack, Lauren (March 2006).
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organized grassroots effort attempted unsuccessfully to block
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Ocean Beach has two schools: Ocean Beach Elementary (a K-4
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Cottage Antiques receives 2009 Readers' Choice Award,
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Ocean Beach, California
Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Community of San Diego
The Ocean Beach Pier at sunset
Ocean Beach, San Diego is located in San Diego
32°45′09″N 117°15′07″W / 32.75250°N 117.25194°W / 32.75250; -117.25194
Country
State
California
County
San Diego
City
San Diego
https://oceanbeachsandiego.com/
San Diego, California
Pacific Ocean
estuary
San Diego River
Interstate 8
downtown San Diego
Mission Bay
Mission Beach
Point Loma

Kumeyaay
mussels
Billy Carlson
D. C. Collier
Wonderland Amusement Park
Panama-California Exposition

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