JG wrote:
I wrote:
???? Shelter Island (note: not an island but more of a promontory) is
nothing but Hotels and private marinas....

IIRC, the eastt side of SI Drive is an open public park, the west side
has various private developments.

1) The public park is only about 200 ft wide, and is then a rocky
outcrop into the bay. It is a mile long.
2) The park is truly useless as a park. A *good* park is one that
utilizes the area to provide recreational services to native area
dwellers; *they* are the ones that support the building and maintenance
of such parks. To tell the truth, I don't know many natives that
actually use the park, except for some of those that live in Pt.Loma to
use the boat launch. I was born and raised in SD, and have been to SI
once...to eat. It's a PITA to get to unless you are already there. The
park is really just a green grass and tree buffer from the bay to the
road for protection from tidal surges (the park is bay side...SI is
near the mouth of the bay). Harbor Island has one as well. There are
much better parks in the SD area than that. (Mission Bay Park, Torrey
Pines, Chula Vista's JStreet, Mission Beach [Belmont Roller Coaster],
Ocean Beach, Carlsbad State Beach, Coronado State Beach [bay and ocean
sides], etc etc....)

Like I said, Shelter Island is nothing really but hotels and private
marinas (with an odd restaurant or two thrown in for good measure).

P.S. If you wanted to give a "good" example of a multi-use area in San
Diego, I would have chosen the East Village area. There is:
Seaport Village (businesses and Public Bayside Park)
HighRise Condos
Convention Center
(new) Petco Park
Gaslamp Quarter (ahhh, I miss the Old Spaghetti Factory)
etc.