Electra (San Diego)

Last updated
Electra
ElectraSanDiegoApr09.jpg
Electra in April 2009
Electra (San Diego)
General information
TypeResidential
Architectural style Postmodern
Address700 W E St.
Town or city San Diego, California
CountryUnited States
Completed2008
OwnerThe Electra Home Owners Association
Technical details
Structural systemPoured In Place Concrete
Design and construction
ArchitectChris Dikeakos Architects Inc.
Main contractorBosa Development CA

Electra is San Diego's tallest condominium community and was until 2014 the tallest residential high rise building in San Diego, California, United States, with a height of 144.8 meters. It comprises 43 floors and 248 rooms, and was completed in 2008. The historic San Diego Gas & Electric Company building is located in the base of the building. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

The Embarcadero in San Diego, California is the area along the San Diego harbor on the east side of San Diego Bay. "Embarcadero" is a Spanish word meaning "boarding place". The Embarcadero sits on property administered by the Port of San Diego, in the Columbia district of Downtown San Diego.

Mount Hope, San Diego Community of San Diego in California

Mount Hope is an ethnically diverse, hilly urban neighborhood of the City of San Diego, California. Located in the southeastern portion of the city, Mount Hope is named for the large municipal Mount Hope Cemetery, which encompasses approximately 115 acres (0.47 km2) of the community. The neighborhood contains a mixture of residential, industrial, commercial, and cemetery uses.

Seaport Village

Seaport Village is a waterfront shopping and dining complex adjacent to San Diego Bay in downtown San Diego, California. It is located at 849 West Harbor Drive, at the intersection of Harbor Drive and Kettner.

Copley Symphony Hall

Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego, California, designed by Weeks and Day, opened in 1929 as the Fox Theatre. The hall was conferred to the San Diego Symphony in 1984. It is also the location of some youth orchestra concerts in San Diego, including the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory.

Columbia, San Diego Neighborhood of San Diego in San Diego, California

Columbia is a neighborhood located in Downtown San Diego, California. The neighborhood is largely commercial, however there are many highrise condominium buildings under construction.

Naval Base Coronado

Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island, located seventy miles west of San Diego, California, to the Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor and Camp Morena, located sixty miles east of San Diego.

Cortez Hill, San Diego Neighborhood in San Diego, California

Cortez Hill is a neighborhood located in the northeast part of Downtown San Diego, California.

John D. Spreckels Building

The John D. Spreckels Building is a 61 metres (200 ft) building in San Diego. Completed in 1924, it was the tallest building in San Diego until the El Cortez Hotel was built three years later. The building was designed by Los Angeles-area architects John and Donald Parkinson and features architectural terra cotta produced by Gladding, McBean.

225 Broadway (San Diego) Office building in San Diego, California

225 Broadway is the 41st tallest building in San Diego, California and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. The 23-story skyscraper has a height of 306 ft and is located in the Horton Plaza district of Downtown San Diego and was home to the area NBC owned-and-operated station KNSD from 2001 until 2016, during which time it was known as the NBC Building and bore NBC signage. The skyscraper is built to the International Style.

Omni San Diego Hotel

The Omni San Diego Hotel is a four-diamond high-rise luxury hotel and condominium tower in San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by Omni Hotels & Resorts.

110 Plaza Office in California, United States

110 Plaza, also known as the Commonwealth Building or the 110 Tower Building, is a 266 feet (81 m) modernist office building in downtown San Diego, Civic / Core Neighborhood. The address of the building is 110 West A Street, San Diego, CA 92101 and is bordered by Front Street, A Street, 1st Avenue, and Ash Street.

San Felipe Creek is a stream in Imperial and San Diego Counties of California. It arises in the Volcan Mountains of San Diego County 33°11′57″N116°37′35″W, and runs eastward, gathering the waters of most of the eastern slope of the mountains and desert of the county before it empties into the Salton Sea. It is probably the last remaining perennial natural desert stream in the Colorado Desert region. In 1974, the San Felipe Creek Area was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.

Windsor Hotel (San Diego) Historic building in San Diego, California, U.S.

The Windsor Hotel is an historic structure located at 843 4th Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. It was built in 1887.

Yamada Building Historic building in San Diego, California, U.S.

The Yamada Building is a historic structure located at 516 5th Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. It was built in 1869.

Nesmith–Greely Building Historic building in San Diego, California, U.S.

The Nesmith–Greely Building is a four-story historic structure located at 825 5th Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. It was built in 1888. It is located next to the Louis Bank of Commerce.

Woolworth Building (San Diego) Historic building in San Diego, California, U.S.

The Woolworth Building is an historic structure located at 953 5th Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, in the U.S. state of California. It was built in 1886.

Casa de Balboa

Casa de Balboa is a building in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. The building was originally known as the Commerce and Industries Building, and later called the Canadian Building, the Palace of Better Housing, and the Electric Building. It is currently home to the Museum of Photographic Arts, the San Diego History Center, the San Diego Model Railroad Museum, and the Balboa Art Conservation Center.

Casa del Prado

The Casa del Prado comprises several reconstructed buildings that were initially built for the Panama–California Exposition in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. Current tenants include the San Diego Botanical Garden Foundation, Civic Dance Arts, the San Diego Floral Association, the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, the San Diego Junior Theatre, and the San Diego Youth Symphony.

Watts–Robinson Building Historic building in San Diego, California, U.S.

The Watts–Robinson Building is an historic building in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. It was completed in 1913.

References

  1. "Electra - Emporis" . Retrieved 19 October 2017.

Coordinates: 32°42′54″N117°10′11″W / 32.71500°N 117.16972°W / 32.71500; -117.16972