Seaport Village
Waterfront shopping village of harbor-style shops, restaurants, and a century-old carousel on leased public land.
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About this audio guide
Long before Seaport Village's fudge shops and kite stores, this San Diego waterfront was known as Punta de los Muertos, where survivors of a 1782 Spanish expedition buried crewmates lost to scurvy, and later a working railroad yard. The guide traces how developer Bryant Morris turned public Port land into a shopping village built to look a century old, with merchants leasing space by the stall from the government agency that controls the bay. You'll hear how that landlord arrangement has held for more than four decades, funded by popcorn stands, art galleries and a hand-carved 1895 carousel that still turns near the water's edge. Take a slow lap of the boardwalk before you decide which shop drew you here.
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