Mission Beach is a community built on a sand dune between the Pacific Ocean and Mission Bay. It is part of the city of San Diego, California.
Mission Beach stretches almost two miles from the ocean front. It is bordered by the mouth of the San Diego River to the south, Mission Bay Park to the east, and the Pacific Beach community to the north. A sidewalk runs along the beach on both sides of the ocean and community bay. The main artery through Mission Beach is Mission Boulevard. This community is divided into Southern Missions, peninsulas, and Northern Missions. At the southern end of the beach, a dock, with grass, parking, and walking, extends into the ocean.
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Land
Many of the residential buildings in Mission Beach were built in the 1930s and 40s as summer huts and some dates in the early 1920s. The rare bungalow plane at Manhattan Court was built in 1924. Due to problems to work with developing in the sand, Mission Beach was developed later from neighboring communities from Ocean Beach to the south and Pacific Beach to the north. As a result of the new official division in 1914, driven by the sale of land in adjacent communities and a new wooden bridge connecting Mission Beach with Ocean Beach, John D. Spreckels offers little to sell. As a result, Mission Beach is the most populated residential community in San Diego with land use in most of its land of 36 residential units per acre. It also has the smallest lot in town, ranging from 1,250 square feet (116 m 2 ) to 2,400 square feet (220 m 2 ). Some have been consolidated to form much larger ones. Many structures within the community have been rebuilt into two-story homes. The wooden bridge to Ocean Beach was closed for traffic in 1950 and destroyed in 1951.
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History
Attractions near Mission Beach include SeaWorld at Mission Bay Park and Belmont Park historic amusement park in South Mission Beach. Belmont Park was originally built as Mission Beach Amusement Center by John D. Spreckels in 1925 to stimulate the sale of real estate and to promote its electric train. Belmont Park now has the original Giant Roller Coaster as well as new rides like FlowRider in Wave House, Vertical Plunge, Krazy Kars, Tilt-a-Whirl, Liberty Carousel, Crazy Submarine, The Beach Blaster, and The Chaos.
Designed by architect Frank Walter Stevenson, The Mission Beach Plunge at Belmont Park, a 60 foot (18 m) -by-175-foot (53 m) swimming pool, opened in May 1925 as a Natatorium. The plunge building surrounding the pool was laid out after the Spanish Renaissance architecture of the Balboa Park San Diego structure. The dressing room appeared in Tom Cruise's Top Gun . Celebrities who have swum at Plunge include Esther Williams and Johnny Weissmuller. The roof of the building is rolled open to make it an indoor and outdoor pool. The Mission Beach Plunge (now using fresh water) and Giant Dipper are the only attractions left over from Spreckel's original park; other structures were destroyed in the late 1980s. The Plunge has been closed since 2014 due to damage. Plans to undermine and rebuild Waterfall approved in January 2016, with work to be completed by 2018.
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Also nearby, just east of SeaWorld, is an unlined line landfill. From 1957 to 1962 large amounts of industrial waste, including millions of gallons of chrome, hydrofluoric, nitrate, sulfur, and hydrochloric acid, dichromate, cyanide, and carbon tetrachloride, were deposited to this final dump. No remedial effort took place.
Activity
Mission Beach offers the opportunity to participate in sunbathing, horseshoes, surfing, cycling, skateboarding, Frisbee throwing, and other outdoor activities. A local skating club, "Skate This !," Appears for free on weekends, executes skating tricks and dances on both roller skates and traditional shoes. It is a popular and popular location to engage in sports, including beach volleyball and basketball, with courts available for both.
There is a public recreation center at Santa Clara Place on the bay side of Mission Beach. At the southern end of Belmont Park is the Wave House Athletic Club, a fully equipped beachfront fitness center, complete with cardio equipment, weights, fitness classes, aquatic classes at Plunge and Bootcamps beach.
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Thong bikinis are technically illegal in Mission Beach, but the coast guard and local police usually do not impose such swimsuits ban. The consumption of alcoholic beverages on the beach is illegal since April 2008. Nudity is not allowed.
Many beach visitors are local students and universities, but both tourists and permanent residents of beaches and other areas also often visit the coast. Weekly and monthly rentals are available during the summer.
Bars and nightlife
Mission Beach has many famous bars. Most of the bars in the neighborhood are relaxed, beach-style. Some of the more popular places are Guava Beach, The Sandbar Sports Grill, The Beachcomber, The Pennant in South Mission, The Coaster Saloon, Draft, and Wave House.
Famous people
- David C. Copley, billionaire, former newspaper publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune
- Mike Gotch, a former member of San Diego City Council and a member of the California state council
- Jeanne Lenhart, California Senior Olympian, amateur volleyball player, senior contest winner
- Cathy Scott, author of true crime
References
External links
- San Diego City Beach Department
- Mission Beach Volleyball
- Belmont Park
- Waves House
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