#1 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
San Diego Opera
San Diego CA
~0.11 miles from San Diego city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Downtown (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~0.16 miles from San Diego city center
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Downtown San Diego has experienced some urban renewal since the early 1980s. This has resulted in the opening of Horton Plaza, the revival of the Gaslamp Quarter, and the construction of the San Diego Convention Center. The Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC), San Diego's downtown redevelopment agency, has been instrumental in change. PETCO Park opened in 2004. The 2005 boom in the construction of condos and skyscrapers brought gentrification as well. The North Embarcadero is slated to have parks in addition to a waterfront promenade. Balboa Park is scheduled to be linked to downtown.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Little Italy (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~0.34 miles from San Diego city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Horton Plaza
San Diego CA
~0.36 miles from San Diego city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Diego CA
~0.36 miles from San Diego city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Copley Symphony Hall
San Diego CA
~0.36 miles from San Diego city center
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San Diego Symphony performed its first concert on December 6, 1910. In the 99 years since its inception, San Diego Symphony has become one of the leading orchestras in the United States. It is committed to providing musical experiences of superior quality for the greater San Diego community and beyond. Through a rich mixture of innovative and educational programming designed to appeal to all ages and cultures, the Symphony makes music an integral part of the cultural and intellectual fabric of the San Diego region, valued by and relevant to all its residents.
The Symphony offers wide range of concert experiences and performs over 100 concerts each season. In 2008-09 the Symphony performed with Yefim Bronfman, Anne-Marie McDermott, Chris Botti., Kathleen Battle, Lang Lang, Michael Feinstein, Jon Kimura Parker and San Diego Master Chorale. San Diego Symphony performances include the Masterworks series, offering traditional classical repertoire and featuring such guest artists as the Takács Quartet, Julie Albers, Anthony Dean Griffey and Garrick Ohlsson; the Winter Pops series, featuring popular guest artists such as Julie Budd, Kevin Cole, Michael Cavanugh, Bill Conti and Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch as well as annual holiday programs; a Family Festival series that presents family-friendly concerts; and Symphony Exposed, a fascinating series of concerts examining closely great works of classical music from entertaining and thought-provoking angles, hosted by Nuvi Mehta. Each year, from July through September, the Symphony presents an outdoor Summer Pops season at Embarcadero Marina Park South. Summer Pops mixes classical favorites and pop music in a festive, outdoor atmosphere on San Diego’s picturesque waterfront.
San Diego Symphony has produced ten highly acclaimed recordings on the Naxos and Proarte labels. Recordings include "Masters of Mayhem," a collection of works from Hitchcock movies, Berlioz’ "Romeo and Juliet," Brahms’ "Four Serious Songs" and a transcription of Sextet No.1 for orchestra, Gliere’s Symphony No. 3, and a collection of music from children’s films and cartoons, entitled "The Magical Mystical Mouse." Beginning in 2008, a new series of CD releases of live San Diego Symphony performances under Music Director Jahja Ling features music of Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakov and others. The Symphony’s latest studio album, Never Far Away: The Music of Bright Sheng (released by Telarc/Concord) featuring harpist Yolanda Kondonassis has garnered glowing reviews in music journals around the world.
Historic Copley Symphony Hall, home of the San Diego Symphony, is regarded as one of the finest classical music venues on the West Coast. Originally built in 1929 as a premiere movie house (known then as The Fox Theater), this lush, French Rococo/ Spanish Colonial blend-style hall was conferred to the Symphony in 1984. The beauty and majesty of this historic hall has added to the stature and artistic growth of San Diego Symphony.
Many renowned conductors have held the position of Music Director of San Diego Symphony, including Earl Bernard Murray, David Atherton and Yoav Talmi. Robert Shaw was Music Director of the Symphony from 1953-1958.
In 1983, San Diego Symphony’s then composer-in-residence, Bernard Rands, won the Pulitzer Prize, furthering the outstanding reputation of San Diego Symphony. In 1992, the Symphony commemorated the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ landing with a televised concert in Mexico’s Chichen Itza ruins. In 1998 the Symphony toured the west coast with Andrea Bocelli.
On January 14, 2002, the San Diego Symphony celebrated the announcement of the single largest pledged bequest ever made to a Symphony Orchestra, totaling $120 million. The pledged gift, generously given by Joan and Irwin Jacobs, launched the Symphony’s New World Endowment Campaign, designed to ensure the future stability of the orchestra. The New York Times declared the San Diego Symphony "placed firmly on the nation’s musical landscape" as a result of this news. Shortly after this news, San Diego Symphony announced, after an extended search, the hiring of current Music Director Jahja Ling, who is now contracted with the Symphony through 2012.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
San Diego Repertory Theater
San Diego CA
~0.39 miles from San Diego city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Downtown San Diego (Neighborhood)
Coronado CA
~0.50 miles from San Diego city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Gaslamp Quarter
Coronado CA
~0.54 miles from San Diego city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Cruise Line Terminal
Coronado CA
~0.55 miles from San Diego city center
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The San Diego Cruise Ship Terminal is located at 1140 North Harbor Drive on the B Street Pier. It is conveniently located in downtown San Diego a short distance from countless attractions.
The cruise ship terminal is a comfortable, colorful place for passengers. There are wheelchair accessible elevators and a passenger gangway. Customer service representatives are available to help if there are any special needs.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Maritime Museum of San Diego
Coronado
~0.58 miles from San Diego city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Seaport Village
Coronado CA
~0.61 miles from San Diego city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
East Village (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~0.64 miles from San Diego city center
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East Village is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. It is the largest district in the downtown of San Diego, and is located east of the Gaslamp Quarter and southeast of the Core district and Cortez Hill. East village has gone through extensive and rapid redevelopment, especially near Petco Park, which opened its doors in 2004. Out of the eight neighborhoods in the downtown area, East Village is the largest
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Aircraft Carrier Museum
910 N Harbor Drive San Diego CA - 619-544-9600
~0.64 miles from San Diego city center
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http://www.midway.org
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego CA
~0.70 miles from San Diego city center
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The San Diego Convention Center is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter. The convention center offers 615,701 square feet of exhibit space.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Banker's Hill (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~0.96 miles from San Diego city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Petco Park - San Diego Padres
San Diego CA
~1.00 miles from San Diego city center
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Home of the San Diego Padres.
http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/ballpark/index.jsp
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Museum of Man
San Diego CA
~1.10 miles from San Diego city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Old Globe Theater
San Diego CA
~1.16 miles from San Diego city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
San Diego CA
~1.19 miles from San Diego city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Balboa Park
San Diego CA
~1.19 miles from San Diego city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego CA
~1.20 miles from San Diego city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Museum of Photographic Sciences
San Diego CA
~1.21 miles from San Diego city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Sherman Heights (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~1.32 miles from San Diego city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Starlight Bowl
San Diego CA
~1.33 miles from San Diego city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Golden Hill (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~1.53 miles from San Diego city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Middletown (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~1.56 miles from San Diego city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
San Diego Zoo
North Park CA
~1.61 miles from San Diego city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Chicano Park
San Diego CA
~1.61 miles from San Diego city center
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Chicano Park is a 32,000 square meter (7.9 acre) park located beneath the San Diego-Coronado Bridge in Logan Heights (Barrio Logan), a predominantly Mexican American and Mexican-immigrant community in central San Diego, California. The park is home to the world's largest conglomeration of outdoor murals (67), as well as various sculptures, earthworks, and an architectural piece dedicated to the cultural heritage of the community. For the magnitude and historical significance of the murals, the park was designated an official historic site by the San Diego Historical Site Board in 1980, and its murals were officially recognized as public art by the San Diego Public Advisory Board in 1987. There is currently a movement to have the park listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its association with the Chicano civil rights movement. Chicano Park, like Berkeley's People's Park, was the result of a militant (but nonviolent) people's land takeover. Every year on April 22, (or the nearest weekend) the community celebrates the anniversary of the park's takeover with a festival called Chicano Park Day.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in San Diego
Grant Hill (Neighborhood)
San Diego CA
~1.80 miles from San Diego city center
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