Alonzo Eratus Horton (October 24, 1813 – January 7, 1909) was an American real estate developer in the nineteenth century. Horton was born 1813 in Union
Alonzo E. Horton is a statue of the American real estate developer Alonzo Horton, installed at the intersection of Third Avenue and E Street (Broadway
Diego.[better source needed] Intensive development began in 1867, when Alonzo Horton bought the land in hopes of creating a new city center closer to the
the late 1860s, Alonzo Horton promoted a move to the bayside area, which he called "New Town" and which became downtown San Diego. Horton promoted the area
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of plans to "refurbish San Diego's historic town plaza", Horton Plaza, named for Alonzo Horton, who was largely responsible for the location of downtown
settlement and the village of Tisirr was razed to the ground. In 1867, Alonzo Horton purchased 800 acres (320 ha) of pueblo lands in the current downtown
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was then abandoned. However, Gray's idea was successfully revived by Alonzo Horton in 1867, and by 1880 the main focus of the city of San Diego moved to
San Diego’s development gained momentum under businessman Alonzo E. Horton in 1867. Horton laid out a new city plan three miles south of Old Town, capitalizing