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In Defense of Uncertainty

October 13, 2014 By Murtaza Baxamusa 2 Comments

Nobody likes uncertainty. Certainly not the developers of a billion dollar mixed-use project that encounters community opposition due to traffic impacts. Nor the public transportation agency that runs into fairy shrimp on the future route of a trolley line. Nor the city planners for multifamily housing around a transit station that face a revolt from their single-family neighbors. [Read more…] about In Defense of Uncertainty

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Feature Posts, Planning, San Diego, Transportation Tagged With: Affordable Housing, Civic San Diego, housing, infill, redevelopment, transit, transit oriented development, urban planning, urban renewal, urbanism, zoning

The Value of Planning in the Age of Economics.

October 2, 2014 By Howard Blackson III Leave a Comment

Public and private investments.
Public and private investments.

A city makes many investments, such as infrastructure improvements, life and safety services, and in their employees. To fund such, cities rely upon new development and construction to fuel its economic generation engine with new jobs, housing, shops, parks, fees, and tax revenues.We have all experienced the difficulties with building new developments in Southern California. It is either too difficult to build something great or too easy to build something terrible. Most city planning departments have to overcome a past of allowing for deplorable new buildings that challenged the character of beloved older communities. [Read more…] about The Value of Planning in the Age of Economics.

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Planning, San Diego Tagged With: infill, infrastructure, smart growth, transit, urbanism, zoning

Car Share: Bridge to Greater Transit Use for Car Lovin’ Southern California?

January 30, 2014 By Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Car2Go on 163 Cabrillo FreewayAs I occasionally do, today I used Car2Go for a mid-day meeting.  I took the trolley to work. I had a meeting in Mission Valley but not near the trolley Line.
[Read more…] about Car Share: Bridge to Greater Transit Use for Car Lovin’ Southern California?

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Planning, San Diego, Transportation Tagged With: Amtrak. Union Station, bike share, car share, density, double tracking, Fullerton Station, infill, integrated transit, light rail, rail transit, sandag, Santa Fe Train Station, smart growth, train, transit, Transportation

10 Rules for Smarter Smart Growth

April 16, 2013 By Bill Adams 6 Comments

PraVada-Transit-Rear
The Pravada project in La Mesa CA has been touted as smart growth and transit oriented development due to its proximity to light rail. However, its sits on top of a 2 story above ground parking garage that creates a hostile pedestrian environment and offsets transit proximity with auto convenience.

These days, a lot of projects are crashing through the gates of community plans and dashing existing neighborhood character under the banners of smart growth or transit oriented development.  [Read more…] about 10 Rules for Smarter Smart Growth

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Planning, San Diego, Transportation Tagged With: brownfield, compact city, complete streets, density, greenfield, greyfield, infill, new urbanism, NIMBY, not in my back yard, parking minimums, small lot development, smart growth, TOD, transit oriented development, urban intensification, urbanism, zero parking

Make your UrbDeZine article more visible in Google with images

January 14, 2013 By Bill Adams Leave a Comment

sample google keyword search result with imagesI had lunch the other day with blogging and business development guru Chris Lema.  Among the excellent tidbits of information I picked up was one about the use of images in blog posts / articles to increase visibility in search engines such as Google.   [Read more…] about Make your UrbDeZine article more visible in Google with images

Filed Under: Professional Development Tagged With: Architecture, blog, blogging, content marketing, design, green, Historic, infill, marketing, networking, Preservation, SEO, sustainable growth, urban planning

Demo Clears Way for Urbana Apartments

September 11, 2012 By Bill Adams Leave a Comment

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Urbana RenderingSan Diego – Downtown’s East Village last week saw the demolition of two one-story warehouse buildings on Tenth Avenue between Island and J Street.  The buildings were not deemed historical by the City but were much loved by their former tenants (e.g., Flirt Urban Salon now relocated to Eighth Ave. between F & G Streets). [Read more…] about Demo Clears Way for Urbana Apartments

Filed Under: News, Projects, Revitalization, San Diego Tagged With: apartments, East Village, infill, Petco Park, redevelopment, rental

La Cusma apartments at Columbia & Fir in Little Italy near completion

June 3, 2012 By Bill Adams Leave a Comment

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NE corner Columbia & Fir, Little ItalySan Diego – the La Cusma apartments building is nearing completion in Little Italy on the Northeast corner of Columbia Street and Fir Street, one block west of I-5.   The architect for the project is Carrier Johnson and the developer is “Columbia Street, LLC.”   [Read more…] about La Cusma apartments at Columbia & Fir in Little Italy near completion

Filed Under: News, Projects, San Diego Tagged With: apartments, CCDC, density, Gordon Carrier, infill, Jonathan Segal, Little Italy Association, redevelopment, rental, revitalization

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