Hillcrest Breaks Ground on Expanded Pride Plaza, Pedestrian Promenade

San Diego breaks ground on Pride Promenade in Hillcrest

San Diego leaders broke ground Sunday on an open space oasis in Hillcrest that city officials call a model for future neighborhood parks in San Diego and a crucial welcoming space for the region’s LGBTQ+ community. The Pride Promenade will transform tiny Pride Plaza and unusually wide Normal Street into a large linear park spanning from University Avenue to Lincoln Street. The promenade, which is expected to open in roughly two years, will be th…

Construction begins on Pride Promenade in Hillcrest

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Mayor Todd Gloria, along with civic leaders and community members, gathered Sunday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Pride Promenade project, a transformative initiative set to reshape much of Normal Street into a vibrant, pedestrian-focused space in the heart of San Diego’s LGBTQ district. “The beginning of construction on the Pride Promenade is a historic moment for Hillcrest and our entire city,” said Mayor Todd…

Pride Promenade coming to Hillcrest

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) It's been 14 years in the making and ground has officially been broken for the Pride Promenade in Hillcrest.It's a project funded by the City of San Diego and overseen by the San Diego Association of Governments or SANDAG. It will convert Normal Street from University and Lincoln Avenues into a pedestrian promenade and rainbow-colored bikeway.Mayor Todd Gloria, city councilors and leaders in the LGBTQ community broke ground Sund…

Hillcrest Breaks Ground on Expanded Pride Plaza, Pedestrian Promenade

The groundbreaking celebration in Hillcrest on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of the mayor’s office) San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria joined community leaders Sunday morning as the city began construction on Pride Promenade in the heart of the city’s LGBTQ+ district. “The beginning of construction on the Pride Promenade is a historic moment for Hillcrest and our entire city,” said Gloria in a statement. “This project will create a vibrant, pedestrian-friend…

San Diego breaks ground on expanded Pride Promenade

Mayor Todd Gloria leads the Pride Promenade launch to revitalize Normal Street, enhancing safety and celebrating San Diego's LGBTQ community.

Pride Promenade groundbreaking after more than 10 years of community debate

It’s been more than a decade since conversations started on what has now become plans for the Pride Promenade on Normal Street. The major project will transform much of the street off University Avenue near the Pride flag into a public pedestrian friendly destination in the heart of San Diego’s designated LGBTQ cultural district. The nearly $28 million promenade is being funded by the City of San Diego and the San Diego Association of Government…