It's always fun to go to downtown San Diego because there is so much to do regardless of the time of day. Nightlife is over at the Gaslamp Quarter, a stroll along the Harbor, or even a daytime or dinner cruise around the Bay.

I also enjoy watching how the San Diego skyline changes, remembering how it was when I first came here in 1988, and imagining what it might be in the future. Since Petco Park was completed in 2003, construction projects in downtown San Diego has been booming, especially for residential towers.

It's interesting that San Diego's tallest building is a mere 500 feet, interesting because San Diego is not a hotbed of earthquake activity like Los Angeles and San Francisco, both of which have much taller buildings.

Here is a list of San Diego's tallest buildings:

1. One America Plaza (1991) - 500 feet - We call it the Screwdriver building because it looks like a Phillips screwdriver
2. Symphony Towers (1989) - 499 feet - Home of the San Diego Symphony. Built in 1989. One America Plaza was built in 1991, which could explain the one foot difference in height.
3. Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (1992) - 497 feet - Tallest waterfront building on the West Coast. Would it have cost that much more to add four feet and take the #1 position?
4. Electra (2007) - 475 feet - Tallest residential tower in San Diego
5. The Pinnacle Museum Tower (2005) - 450 feet, 36 floors
6. Emerald Plaza (1990) - 450 feet, 30 floors
7. Manchester Grand Hyatt Seaport (2003) - 446 feet - Built right next door to the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (#3), it looks taller.
8. Harbor Club West and Harbor Club East - both built in 1992, 424 feet, 41 floors - Bruce Willis and Demi Moore once owned one of the 5,000-SF penthouses
9. The Grande at Santa Fe Place, North (2005) and South (2004) towers - both at 420 feet, 39 floors
10. Advanced Equities Plaza (2005) - 412 feet
11. Union Bank of California (1969) - 388 feet
12. Hilton San Diego Convention Center (2008) - 385 feet
13. The Mark (2007) - 381 feet
14. Sapphire Tower (2008) - 380 feet
15. First National Bank Center (1982) - 379 feet
16. Meridian Condominiums (1985) - 371 feet
17. San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Tower I and Tower II - both built in 1987, 361 feet
18. Imperial Bank Tower (1982) - 355 feet
19. Executive Complex (1963) - 350 feet
20. AT&T Building (1982) - 348 feet
21. Comerica Bank Building (1974) - 339 feet
22. Wells Fargo Plaza (1984) - 331 feet
23. El Cortez Hotel (1927) - 310 feet
24. NBC Building (1975) - 306 feet

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My most recent 20 posts (they'll open in a new window):

1. WWW (Wordless Wednesday with Words): Not all lemons are bad - 4/22/09
2. San Diego real estate market, March 2009 - 4/21/09
3. Every little bit helps - 4/19/09
4. Growth Leader, Week Two - 4/20/09
5. SST (Speechless Sunday with Text): The USS Midway and "Unconditional Surrender" - 4/19/09
6. Cats and the weather - 4/18/09
7. Carlsbad Flower Fields are open for business - 4/18/09
8. A sampling of San Diego architecture - 4/18/09
9. How long does it take....? - 4/18/09
10. Official kitty cat greeter at a property showing - 4/16/09
11. Christmas cheer still present in San Diego - 4/15/09
12. WWW (Wordless Wednesday with Words): "Before" and "after" - 4/15/09
13. Picture series of San Diego Zoo peacocks strutting their stuff - 4/14/09
14. Visit the Cabrillo National Monument through my pictures - 4/12/09
15. Playful Malayan tigers at the San Diego Zoo - 4/12/09
16. San Diego Zoo: Spitting camel - 4/11/09
17. Pulte Homes to buy Centex Corporation to create largest U.S. homebuilder - 4/11/09
18. San Diego Zoo pictures - 4/11/09
19. Mortgage rates for the week of April 6 - 4/11/09
20. Foto Friday: San Diego Zoo peacock - 4/10/09

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