The city had grand plans to transform a seven-block stretch of Fifth Avenue downtown into a pedestrian plaza. But that effort is on hold, and a year ago, merchants stopped blocking off traffic as part of a bare-bones version.
A rarely discussed casualty of San Diego voters rejecting a sales tax hike in 2024 is the Gaslamp Promenade, a much-hailed pedestrian area that was abruptly eliminated a year ago and now faces a murky future.
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