3829 29th St
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 236-1526
It is an explicit goal of all Center programs to be inclusive and representative of the diversity found in the San Diego community. Honoring, promoting and celebrating our community’s diversity is a central organizing principle for The Center.
53rd Annual North Park Toyland Parade & Festival, Saturday, December 3rd, 2016. Parade runs from 11am-1pm and the Festival runs from 10:30am-3:30pm located behind North Park Theatre off University Avenue.
El Cajon Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare through San Diego, La Mesa and El Cajon, California. Before the creation of Interstate 8 it was the principal automobile route from San Diego to El Cajon, the Imperial Valley, and points east as U.S. Route 80; it is now signed as a business loop of Interstate 8.Route descriptionThe boulevard now consists of two disconnected portions, one in San Diego and La Mesa, and the other in El Cajon. The central section through La Mesa's Grossmont Pass was obliterated when Interstate 8 was built.HistoryIt was formerly part of U.S. Route 80, and became a business loop for Interstate 8 when U.S. Route 80 was decommissioned and replaced by the interstate. It is designated as a historic highway by the state of California. Only portions of what would become El Cajon Boulevard in both La Mesa and El Cajon were originally part of US 80. During a re-routing through San Diego onto Park Boulevard in 1929, the western portion of El Cajon Boulevard was added to US 80. The next section of El Cajon Boulevard added to US 80 was between La Mesa and El Cajon around 1940. Today, most of the latter route from La Mesa to El Cajon has been overlaid by I-8. The final part of El Cajon Boulevard to receive the US 80 designation was a small piece between Park Boulevard and Normal Street in the late 1940s early 1950s when US 80 was re-routed off Park Boulevard onto the new Cabrillo Freeway. US 80 ceased to exist legislatively within California after July 1, 1964.
North Park was named one of the hippest neighborhoods in the nation by Forbes Magazine. Why because it's AWESOME! North Park has a rich history in San Diego that stretches back to the turn of the century. It's home to the famous Birch North Park Theatre, countless restaurants and has become quite the hip spot for microbrews. Share what you think of our awesome little community.
North Park was named one of the hippest neighborhoods in the nation by Forbes Magazine. Why because it's AWESOME! North Park has a rich history in San Diego that stretches back to the turn of the century. It's home to the famous Birch North Park Theatre, countless restaurants and has become quite the hip spot for microbrews. Share what you think of our awesome little community.