Crew Quarters In A Sailing Ship At The Festival Of Sail Event In San Diego California Editorial Image

Tall Ships in the festival of Sail at the Maritime Museum in San Diego. The original town of San Diego was located at the foot of Presidio Hill, in the area which is now Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. In the late 1860s, a move to `New Town`, several miles south of the original settlement, in the area which became Downtown San Diego. People and businesses flocked to New Town because of its location on San Diego Bay convenient to shipping. New Town quickly eclipsed the original settlement, known to this day as Old Town, and became the economic and governmental heart of the city.