Join us for a Hillcrest first! Share a beautiful August evening under the stars with family, friends and a free movie from the spacious rooftop parking lot of Whole Food Market at Seventh & University in Hillcrest.
“Walkability” is the overwhelming favorite of those taking the most recent HillQuest.com poll...so leave the car at home and stroll into Hillcrest for a free evening of family entertainment tonight.
Community Support Day
Whole Foods Market will be donating five percent of their Wednesday net sales to the Hillcrest History Guild. This is a great opportunity for you to support our local history. Please plan ahead to shop TOMORROW.
It’s gonna be a Hillcrest first! Share a beautiful August evening under the stars with family, friends and a free movie from the spacious rooftop parking lot of Whole Food Market at Seventh & University. Please join our 100 year-old community for something new as the Hillcrest Centennial committee and Whole Foods show the award-winning documentary “March of the Penguins” beginning at 7:45pm. The market will be serving free treats, too! Come early to set up folding chairs or blankets.
Also...shop the neighborhood market throughout Wednesday, as Whole Foods will generously donate five percent of their net sales to the Hillcrest History Guild. This is a great opportunity for the future of our local history. (And to try some of their new items. Have you tried their pizza or stir fry?) Plan ahead and shop Whole Foods this Wednesday.
It’s a Hillcrest first! Enjoy a beautiful August evening under the stars while viewing a movie from the rooftop parking lot of Whole Food Market...and it’s FREE. Please join our 100 year-old community for something new as the Hillcrest Centennial committee and Whole Foods show the award-winning documentary “March of the Penguins” beginning at 7:45pm. Free treats, too! Come early to set up folding chairs or blankets for your friends and family. Also...shop the market throughout the day, as the Hillcrest History Guild receives five percent of their daily proceeds. Have you tried their new pizza or stir fry dishes? This is great opportunity for the future of our local history...thanks for shopping Whole Foods on 8/8.
Grab a copy of the Gay & Lesbian Times and check out the feature story on Hillcrest and our first 100 years.
Quotes include...
“I think what’s happening now is that for too many people it feels like we’re moving away from that village because of some of the development that had been approved...I think it’s a legitimate concern on the part of the residents of Hillcrest: ‘What is this impending encroachment of tall buildings going to do to our village feel?’ ”
— Councilmember Toni Atkins
“I’m not opposed to 301. It may be larger than some people like, but it’s going to bring new people into the neighborhood. The business community can’t survive if it doesn’t have people to go into its shops [and] restaurants.”
First One Hundred Years
The SD Women’s Drum Circle began the beat yesterday morning as folks gathered under the Hillcrest sign for a proclaimation by Councilwoman Toni Atkins, a birthday song led by Laura Jane and a piece from a huge chocolate cake as Hillcrest celebrated the exact date 100 years ago when the “Hillcrest” Company’s tract office was first opened by William Wesley Whitson in what was then known as “University Heights.” Five of Whitson’s descendants joined the community at yesterday’s midday celebration of the Hillcrest Centennial.
The evening’s neighborhood social at Joyce Beers Community Center was well attended as an incredible array of food was shared. The community donated everything — big thanks to Crest Cafe, City Deli, Baja Betty’s, T Deli, Trader Joe’s, Starbucks, Ralphs, Aladdin, Terra Restaurant, Chipotle and First Future Credit Union for their cash donation.
Congratulations to Carol Kerr (and her team) for winning the Grand Prize in the Scavenger Quest. She/they scored 99%. These girls really outdid themselves. Thanks to everyone that participated.
Happy birthday, Hillcrest. (We even received a mention in Diane Bell’s U-T column.)
One hundred years ago today William Wesley Whitson open an on-site location (that’s it on the left) for his real estate office just north of University on Fifth Avenue in what was then called University Heights. Note the dirt streets. The sign on top said “Hillcrest Tract Office” and folks began calling this part of San Diego “Hillcrest.” The rest is history.
