Situated along the Embarcadero in the Core district of Downtown San Diego, Bayside is prominently located on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Ash Street on the waterfront's residential "front row."
Bigelow gained popularity when he advocated and carried out the construction of Sacramento City's first levees and dams in the aftermath of the destruction caused by the 1850 Sacramento flood in January, which devastated the commercial operations on Sacramento City's Embarcadero and washed away hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of store merchandise.