Prospect Street in La Jolla

Prospect, one of eight streets whose name has remained unchanged since La Jolla was laid out in 1887, was the site of its very first cottages and the railroad depot. Today, within a few minutes walk, are clustered some of the nation's finest specialty shops, restaurants, office complexes and art galleries.

La Jolla came alive as an art colony as early as 1894 when the German fraulein Anna Held Heinrich built her house and named it "The Green Dragon" after one of noted author Beatrice Harraden's stories. Anna, known for her friendliness and hospitality, continued to add houses until she had a large cluster on her hillside above the cove, which offered inspiration and shelter to a colony of famous artists.

Artists still continue their pilgrimages to La Jolla and are represented in more than three dozen distinctive galleries. Ever-growing exhibitions line both Prospect and Girard of avant garde, traditional, western and contemporary artwork as well as photography, exquisite crafts and ancient arts.