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for "Sea View") is a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego
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, California
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, United States
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. It includes residential areas and commercial and light industrial districts.
Most residents live on the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) , formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Miramar and Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the av ...
(formerly Naval Air Station Miramar). Miramar was the site of the real TOPGUN flight school made famous by the movie ''Top Gun
''Top Gun'' is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an ...
'' in 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
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. NAS Miramar was realigned by the Base Realignment and Closure
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end ...
(BRAC) program in 1995 and turned over to the Marine Corps as a fixed wing and helicopter base in 1999. To the north of MCAS Miramar is the suburb of Mira Mesa. The neighborhood is located in City Council District 7 and is represented by Council member Scott Sherman.
History
Miramar was originally part of Scripps Ranch, founded byEdward W. Scripps
Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and, together with his sister Ellen Browning Scripps, founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press ne ...
. He named the home he built on the ranch Miramar in the 1890s, after Archduke Maximilian's castle Miramare
Miramare Castle ( it, Castello di Miramare; es, Castillo de Miramar; german: Schloss Miramar; sl, Grad Miramar) is a 19th-century castle direct on the Gulf of Trieste between Barcola and Grignano in Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built ...
in Trieste, Italy. The name eventually became applied to the surrounding mesa. Loosely translated from Portuguese, Italian
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or Spanish
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, it means "a view of the sea".
Before becoming a military base in 1950, Miramar was a small, isolated community centered on a railroad station. No buildings from the original Miramar survived.
Over time, a Little India commercial community developed on Black Mountain Road.
Economy
The Miramar submarket consists of approximately 14 million square feet of distribution, warehouse, office, and Miramar Road frontage retail related space. Miramar is one ofSan Diego County
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's most recognized real estate markets due in part to its central location, size, and traditional industrial characteristics. This market historically maintains one of the highest occupancy rates in the county. Recent occupancy rates were approximately 91%.
See also
* Ruby Peters ''Miramar before the planes: of the U.S. Naval Air Station at San Diego, California; a rural settlement and one room school 1890-1950.'' (1984)References
External links
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Official Site
{{Authority control Neighborhoods in San Diego