Embarcadero Maritime Walk

The Maritime Museum of San Diego sits along the downtown Embarcadero, marked by a collection of historic masts and hulls rising above the water. Founded in nineteen forty-eight, the museum centers on a fleet of restored vessels, the most…

Portside Pier is a two-level dining complex built entirely on an over-water platform along the North Embarcadero. You can pick it out by the curved barrel-shaped roof covered in zinc shingles, which mimics the lines of a fishing boat, and…

The USS Midway Museum is a sprawling, gray-hulled aircraft carrier permanently moored at Navy Pier. It is the longest-serving carrier of the twentieth century, commissioned in nineteen forty-five and active until nineteen ninety-two. The…

A twenty-five-foot bronze sculpture of a sailor kissing a nurse stands at the edge of Tuna Harbor Park. It captures a spontaneous, joyful moment from August fourteenth, nineteen forty-five, when news of the surrender of Imperial Japan…

The National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military is a circular, open-air plaza featuring sixteen larger-than-life bronze figures arranged as if Bob Hope is performing a USO road show. A bronze likeness of the comedian stands as the focal…

Ruocco Park is defined by a forty-five-foot-high sculpture at its entrance plaza, where eucalyptus branches are sliced lengthwise and suspended by cables to mimic the masts and rigging of sailboats on San Diego Bay. This…

Seaport Village is a fourteen-acre waterfront complex defined by its collection of one- and two-story wooden buildings that recreate the atmosphere of a nineteenth-century fishing town. Winding pedestrian paths replace streets throughout…