Graham Downes Remembrance by OMBAC

Graham Downes OMBAC remembrance

Between rugby games on Saturday April 27, 3013, The Old Mission Bay Athletic Club (OMBAC) held a remembrance for Graham[Read More...]

10 Rules for Smarter Smart Growth

Pravada Parking Pedestal

These days, a lot of projects are crashing through the gates of community plans and dashing existing neighborhood character under[Read More...]

San Diego’s Railroad Deja Vu

California high speed rail phases

In the late 1800s, San Diego lost the race with Los Angeles to become the western terminus of a transcontinental[Read More...]

Demolition of Historic Building for Parking Lot Continues

741 F St. Demo

San Diego, 741 F Street, demolition continues on this historic warehouse to make room for surface parking.

The Balboa Park Plaza de Panama Centennial Project is Dead: So Now What?

Balboa Park Centennial

On February 4, 2013, a San Diego Superior Court judge rejected the City’s plans to vacate traffic from Balboa Park,[Read More...]

San Diego’s Parking Lot Blight; Requiem for Redevelopment

741 F St San Diego - former International Male HQ

An ugly side of redevelopment (RIP), a side rarely mentioned in all the self-laudatory hype, is the demolition.  Too often[Read More...]

New Downtown San Diego Arts & Entertainment District Proposed

Historic postcard of Broadway San Diego

An arts & entertainment district is being proposed for San Diego’s downtown for the area North of Broadway, South of[Read More...]

Connections Housing colors: none

Connections Housing color contrast close-up

The former San Diego Athletic Club, turned Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, turned World Trade Center, turned Connections Housing unveiled its new[Read More...]

Newcastle Mural Advertisement on 6th Ave

Faded Beer Mural on 6th

Mural advertisements seem to be popping up on several old downtown San Diego buildings.  So far, most of the ones[Read More...]

15th & Market apartments break ground in East Village

15th & Market Apartments

The apartment project on the back side of the Albertsons Grocery Store in San Diego’s East Village has broken ground.