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Built as an entryway to the 1915–16 California-Panama Exposition, this cantilevered and multiple-arched bridge has a 1,500-ft (457-m) span. The best view of the bridge, especially during Christmas, is from the 163 Freeway below.

This landmark was once the tallest building and most famous hotel in downtown San Diego. A glass elevator once led to the romantic Sky Room. Ornate Spanish details decorate the reinforced concrete structure, which is now a private apartment building.

Named for famed children’s author, Dr. Seuss (see Theodore Geisel (1904–91)), and designed by William Pereira, tiers of glass walls are supported by reinforced concrete cantilevers. Filmmakers have used the library as a backdrop for sci-fi television shows.

A 23-ft (70-m) high granite sculpture depicts a pioneer woman.

A bronze sculpture depicts a sailor, wife, and child in a joyous homecoming embrace.

Inside Horton Plaza is a wonderful hodgepodge of bridges and ramped walkways connecting six staggered levels, embellished with towers and cupolas. Its distinctive sherbet color scheme has been copied on many renovation projects throughout San Diego (see Horton Plaza).

Flowing water and electric lights were a technological breakthrough in 1909. Bronze plaques honor city notables.

Builders of the Hotel del Coronado, the Reid brothers can also take credit for one of the architectural treasures of the Gaslamp Quarter, a stately, four-storey twin-towered Victorian structure (see Louis Bank of Commerce). Built in 1888, it was San Diego’s first granite building. Of special merit are the ornate bay windows that project from the façade.