North Park, San Diego

[1] The neighborhood is bounded:[2] The pre-Interstate 805 boundary of North Park was widely considered to be 35th Street, which is now part of City Heights.

It includes the sub-neighborhoods of Burlingame, Altadena, and the Morley Field area (site of the Dryden Historic District).

In the summer of 1893, San Diego merchant Joseph Nash sold 40 acres (16 ha) of land northeast of Balboa Park to James Monroe Hartley, who wished to develop a lemon grove.

The Hartley family began the arduous process of clearing the land to prepare the earth for the grove, but providing the fledgling trees with proper irrigation was always a problem.

Barrels of water had to be hauled from downtown San Diego up a wagon trail that eventually was called Pershing Drive.

In 1911, Hartley's eldest son Jack and brother-in-law William Jay Stevens developed the plot into one of San Diego's early residential and commercial districts.

[7][8] North Park was the site of the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, California's deadliest aviation accident to date.

Helping to foster this interest and awareness is the North Park Historical Society, a local volunteer civic organization.

The North Park Theater and the Ray Street Arts District are also bastions of creativity in the area" [12] The Los Angeles Times writes: "North Park has all the ingredients for the cool school: It's culturally diverse and has art galleries, boutiques, trendy bars with handcrafted cocktails and local brews, and foodie-approved eateries.

"[13] An eclectic and diverse array of restaurants, as well as independent coffee shops, can be found along the main arteries of 30th Street and University Avenue.

[15] They feature over 35 independent vendors; locally grown produce/flowers; diverse foods; arts and crafts; books; and, often, live music.

The United States Postal Service operated the North Park Post Office at 3791 Grim Avenue.