By Jorge Moreno

We are a group of architects, artists, and common folk that have lived, worked, and visited the East Village in the 1980s – 90s and have been on a mission to bring back (online) everything that surrounded us back then.

We were very close to Wayne Buss (ReinCarnation building), Vicky Wolf and Scot McDougall (Sushi), and many more pioneers of the East Village.

We have been working directly with Shirl Buss in archiving all of Wayne’s slides and images… which brings us to our project.

We started the project a few months back because we couldn’t find any info online about East Village (from that period of time) and wanted to archive and share our experiences and our way of life.

This project is dedicated to the people that lived and worked in San Diego’s East Village in the ‘80s, ‘90s and on… it is a collage of anecdotes, experiences and recollections from architects, artists and everyday people. The purpose of this project is to have an online record of an era that deeply touched everyone that had a part in the life and creation of one of San Diego’s iconic landmarks.

We would like to invite you to view our project. Visit our Facebook page at tinyurl.com/na22r3e or our website at eastvillageproject.com.

Everyone is welcome to share their profile on our website, to keep for generations to come. You will see your article shared on our wall.