Embarcadero Maritime Walk

The Star of India sits in the water with three tall masts and an iron hull that dates back to eighteen sixty-three. Originally named the Euterpe, the ship spent its early life hauling immigrants to New Zealand and laborers to India. By the…

Portside Pier extends into the San Diego Bay on a concrete platform supported by dozens of pilings driven deep into the harbor floor. Before this structure opened in twenty twenty, the site held the old Anthony’s Fish Grotto, a local…

The flight deck of the USS Midway stretches a full thousand feet, making it appear like a steel island anchored in the San Diego Bay. This carrier served the United States Navy for forty-seven years, beginning its service just days after…

The sculpture Embracing Peace stands twenty-five feet tall, a massive bronze recreation of the famous nineteen forty-five photograph showing a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square. It occupies a spot along the Embarcadero, placed here to…

The National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military features a central bronze sculpture of Bob Hope performing on a makeshift stage for service members. Surrounding him are five life-size bronze figures of sailors, soldiers, and nurses,…

Ruocco Park anchors the edge of the harbor with a wide, curved lawn that sits directly against the water. This park occupies land that the Port of San Diego once used as a concrete industrial yard. In two thousand twelve, a private…

Seaport Village is defined by a collection of weathered, clapboard buildings and red-tiled roofs that mimic a nineteenth-century maritime town. It sits on fourteen acres of what was once a working rail yard. In the late nineteen seventies,…