In 1937, the bold red letters spelling out El Cortez ... San Diego location for weddings. Now, Cortez Hill-one of San Diego’s oldest neighborhoods, named after its landmark hotel-is a quiet ...

San Diego — Beginning in 1927, the El Cortez Hotel was the most beautiful building in downtown San Diego as well as the watering hole of the Beautiful People. But it deteriorated and in 1978 was ...

Jackie Estrada remembers the El Cortez hotel because of its pool ... and one of the few people who has attended every San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), Estrada reflects that memorable nights like ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. The developers who turned the historic El Cortez hotel into condos have settled for $6.4 ...

Built in 1927, El Cortez originally opened as a 32-unit hotel with 85 apartment suites. Resurrected in July 1990 when the City of San Diego's Historic Site Board designated the building as ...

Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 | The red neon letters spell EL CORTEZ when they’re all working, launching a beacon from the stately white building atop its namesake hill on the edge of downtown San Diego. But ...