Clairemont

Clairemont is a suburban neighborhood in northern San Diego. It includes the separate neighborhoods of North Clairemont, South Clairemont, Clairemont Mesa East and Clairemont Mesa West. It is bordered by State Route 52 in the north, Interstate 805 in the east, Interstate 5 in the west, and the neighborhood of Linda Vista on the south. The neighborhood was first developed in the post-war building boom of the 1950s. Developers Lou Burgener and Carlos Tavares called their community Clairemont after Tavares' wife, Marjorie Claire. In 1950, Carlos Tavares and Lou Burgener developed what became San Diego's largest post-war subdivision. Originally dubbed, "The Village Within a City", people started living in Clairemont in May,...