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Upscale neighborhood in the California city
Quince Street pedestrian bridge in Bankers Hill neighborhood of San Diego, California.
Bankers Hill (Park West) is located in the northwest part of Central San Diego.
Bankers Hill
, also known as
Park West
and formerly known as
Florence Heights
, is a long-established uptown
San Diego
neighborhood near
Balboa Park
. It is bordered to the north by
Hillcrest
at Upas Street, to the south by
downtown
(at
Interstate 5
, the San Diego Freeway), to the east by Balboa Park, and to the west by Interstate 5,
Little Italy
and the neighborhood known as
Midtown
. A more constricted definition of the neighborhood sets its eastern boundary as Fourth Avenue and its western boundary as First Avenue.
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The area is primarily residential south of Laurel Street and west of Fifth Avenue. There is a small commercial district along First Avenue between Hawthorne and Juniper Streets. There are multiple high-rise condominiums along Fifth and Sixth Avenue facing the park.
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Locations further west allow an elevated, panoramic view of downtown,
San Diego Bay
, the
airport
,
Coronado
,
Harbor Island
and
Mount Soledad
. Many homes date from the late 19th century, some of which have been restored as offices or bed-and-breakfasts. Architects
Irving Gill
, William Hebbard,
Richard Requa
and Frank Mead designed homes in this area. The area acquired the name "Bankers Hill" because of its reputation as a home for the affluent.
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Western (District 2)
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Central (District 3)
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Southeastern
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Northeastern (District 5)
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Northern (District 6)
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Eastern (District 7)
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Southern &
South
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Mid-City (District 9)
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