L O N G AWA I T E D B E A C H R E S O R T TO BRE AK GROUND No one would dispute that Oceanside is enjoying a time of revitalization and rebirth. Oceanside has become the new trendy, happening place to be and be seen. With its “rediscovery” and new found popularity, a resort hotel is in demand. This year, Oceanside awaits two new projects by Two Roads Hospitality together with S.D. Malkin Properties Inc. The project will encompass two blocks along Pacific Street with the Joie de Vivre boutique hotel situated on the north block and the Destination Resort to the south. Designed by architectural firm, Delawie of San Diego, the project will be built by DPR Construction. When completed, the projects will provide Oceanside resort accommodations worthy of a city in renaissance. From its earliest years, Oceanside advertised itself as a “seaside resort.” When Andrew Jackson Myers first acquired 160 acres to build his new city, he built a bathhouse just below the bluff on the beach (located where the current Beach Community Center now stands). He then arranged excursion trains that brought
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prospective investors from Redlands, Riverside, Colton and Temecula to see the natural beauty of the coastline and offered a piece of paradise to would be buyers. Needed for a seaside resort was a substantial hotel, and in 1887 the beautiful South Pacific Hotel was built. It was located on Third (Pier View Way) and Pacific Streets. A.P. Hotaling of San Francisco was the owner
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Oceanside’s greatest asset is its proximity to the beach and with a name that says it all, Oceanside still captures the imagination of tourists.
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of the hotel, which was four stories tall and faced the railroad track, instead of the beach, to entice train passengers stopping at the new city by the sea. On the wave of success, however, tragedy struck in June
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