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do you have a larger version of the map?
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^^hmm. interesting. a bit of a benefit, i see.
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what the hell?
i leave for a couple of hours and all of the sudden you guys post 4 pages of stuff >_< as for as for CAHSR, how much are tickets projected to be? |
thanks Brandon
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and am i the only one who doesn't like having to go through riverside in order to get to LA?
i'd much rather have a straight shot.... |
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^do you work from a transit co?
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i hope thats not the final coloring of the trains...
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woah! new avatar!
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I miss the cat already:(
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I believe the plan was to upgrade the tracks to Orange County to make them allow for faster trains, but stopping very short of making it high speed.
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i say go all the way,...high speed...might as well
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^^ ahh, i see it now! niceee
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Mission Valley is definitly burning right now...turn to NBC channel 7
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^^ huh i dont see anything
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oh...it was breaking news...sorry...but um...i guess a downed power line started a fire by the trolley tracks in Mission Valley...nothing major...
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anyone hear about the project by montgomery field that was halted by the crypt-keeper Donna Frye? something about it being too tall to be next to an airport. its only 20ft from being topped out at 12 floors. what a bunch of BS. dont you think the FAA would have done something about this BEFORE they started construction if something needed to be done?
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^i thought it was going ahead anyways...everytime i look at it, something new has been put on the building:shrug:
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Office tower already too tall, agency says
By David Hasemyer UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 1, 2007 SAN DIEGO – Sunroad Enterprises has asked the FAA five times for permission to use a crane and a helicopter to place heavy equipment on top of the office tower the company is building near Montgomery Field. HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...met-faa280.jpg A plane took off from Montgomery Field, a short distance from a 12-story building under construction. The FAA says the building is a hazard to planes landing in bad weather. Each time, the FAA said no. “We're not going to allow additional increases in the height of a building that we already determined is a hazard to air navigation, even if those increases would be temporary,” Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. The FAA's denials have slowed but not stopped progress on the building, which the FAA says is a hazard to planes landing at Montgomery Field in bad weather. Sunroad has found other ways to install some of the equipment, which it says is essential to finishing the 12-story building. The huge air-conditioning and heating units, as well as the elevator components, are being dismantled and hauled to the roof on a small construction elevator. The units are then reassembled. “Disassembling those components is an expensive and time-consuming chore, but that appears to be the only option available to us,” said Tom Story, Sunroad's vice president of development. Story said the company will hold the city liable for the expense, which he estimates will run into the tens of thousands of dollars. The Sunroad project has triggered increasingly heated exchanges between City Attorney Michael Aguirre and city officials over Aguirre's attempts to force the developer to comply with FAA safety standards. The latest outburst came last week after Superior Court Judge George “Woody” Clarke unsealed a search warrant connected to the project. Aguirre was using the warrant to seek evidence that Sunroad got special treatment from city officials, because Story was once deputy director of the planning department and chief of staff to former Mayor Dick Murphy. Police Chief William Lansdowne refused to serve the warrant, but Sunroad has been voluntarily giving Aguirre some of the documents he was seeking. Aguirre then accused Lansdowne of deliberately hampering the investigation, and the chief said Aguirre was engaging in character assassination. In August, the FAA declared the company's 180-foot-tall building a hazard because it exceeds the agency's 160-foot height limit. Planes that fly into the airport when the weather brings low clouds or high winds must circle within 400 feet of the building. Those approaches account for about 15 percent of the landings each year. Aguirre has filed a lawsuit to force Sunroad to take down the top two floors, claiming the building is a public nuisance. Sunroad has countersued for $40 million, saying it abided by construction permits issued by the city's Department of Development Services. Those permits were issued before the FAA was made aware of the building and declared it a hazard. City building officials have said they had no indication before the FAA's declaration that a tall building near the airport would be dangerous. In October, the city ordered Sunroad to stop work on the top 20 feet of the building until the FAA's safety concerns could be addressed. The order was modified in December to allow Sunroad to weatherproof the project by adding a roof and building a room for the elevator equipment. That work has been done, and Sunroad is now erecting the side walls on those top floors. Marcela Escobar-Eck, the director of development services, has approved that work, even though the modified stop-work order didn't mention exterior walls. But when Aguirre learned that walls were being added, he ordered Sunroad to stop all work on the top. Sunroad has ignored that order, contending that the city attorney has no authority in the matter. The FAA has no jurisdiction over land-use decisions outside the airport proper, but the agency can control what Sunroad does in the sky above the building. Sunroad first asked to erect a crane on top of the building Jan. 30. Two more rejections for cranes came within weeks of the applications. A fourth request for a crane was filed Monday and was denied Thursday. On Feb. 8, the FAA cited the city's stop-work order when it denied Sunroad's request to use a helicopter to lift the equipment to the top of the building. “We respect local government decisions, and the applicant was unable to show that the work they proposed to do would not have violated the stop-work order,” Gregor said. Story maintains that by continuing the work, the company is not disregarding the safety of pilots or of the people who may occupy the building. “We are proceeding on the basis that there is no safety issue here,” he said. The hazard designation no longer matters, Story said, because the FAA has warned pilots about the building and told them to fly around it. |
i think the FAA is a little too strict on such rules...i have never ever seen a plane fly anywhere near that site in the past...
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not to mention that they ALREADY APPROVED IT! Now they are asking them to Deconstruct the top two floors....what the hell is that?!!!?
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^it seems some members on the city council are way too attached to this thing, too...
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its a pride thing. they want to be right. thats why aguirre ran down there with his little clipboard when he heard they were still working. and Donna Frye was out there today in front of the place with a microphone yapping about i dont know what. i saw it on the news. im so happy she didnt wain the mayoral election. EEK
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I just hate Donna Frye...and I hate her ass face!*
We'd all better pray that that bitch doesn't become mayor. Look at Dallas with their resident psychotic ho-bag mayor Laura Miller. I also hate the FAA. It sounds like in the name of safety, they are making for some pretty unsafe conditions. Leave the freaking building alone. *bonus points for the person who IDs this movie line. |
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BINGO! Fine work! :)
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:jester: havent seen that movie in a looooong time
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I voted for that bitch and would do so again. So much hate? Where did that come from? It's a minor problem and we can all agree it's being handled badly (mostly by the FAA). I was really suprrised at some of these posts.
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Urban Sky, wow
SD Phil, people express thier opinions, and i respect yours as well, i just dont think Donna Frye would make a good mayor, but thats just me...dont worry:) |
did you read they article? the city is being kind of ridiculous
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Back to the FAA, does anybody know what actual power they have to influence things? I.E., do they have any real authority over that building in Kearny Mesa or what happens in downtown?
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speaking of Gap and hippies...Donna Frye was totally a hippy!
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Im guessing the FAA could stop them. and it wouldnt take the national guard. But in this case, they are both hiding behind each other (the city and the faa). The FAA is now just saying they want to respect the cities ruling on the matter etc...what a cop out. The bottom line is, the rules were followed, the building was approved, contruction was started and now all of sudden everyone is changing their mind? It doesn't make sense to me. |
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latest on some projects:
Mondrian (Gray Development) – Centre City/Site Development Permit for 846 residential units (79 affordable) and approximately 33,000 square feet of commercial space in a 39-story (410 feet) tower located on the full block bounded by Eighth and Ninth avenues, and A and B streets. The project requires final approval by the Planning Commission, anticipated in June 2007 – East Village. First & J (Bosa Development) – Marina Development Permit for 172 residential units and 22,600 square feet of street-level retail in a 38-story (438 feet) building located on the full-block site bounded by J Street and First, Second, and Island avenues. The project will involve an Owner Participation Agreement and the vacation and conversion of J Street into a public park/plaza – Marina. havent seen this yet... East Village Square Comprehensive Sign Plan (Cisterra/Bosa/JMI) – Centre City Comprehensive Sign Plan for the East Village Square, a master planned development located immediately north of the ballpark outfield between J and K streets, and Seventh and Tenth avenues. The proposed Sign Plan includes the previously approved signs at the Diamond View Tower project, project identification signs for the overall development, directories and directional signs for the overall development, and signs for individual tenants. This application requires approval by the City Council – East Village. |
Mondrian is 39 stories now?
What happened to: "Gray Development is proposing a 42-story mixed-use project with 903 residential units (67 price-restricted) and approximately 47,800 square feet of commercial space on the block bounded by Eighth and Ninth avenues, and A and B streets. No construction schedule has been set." http://www.ccdc.com/images/propertyImages/Mondrian.jpg |
also, i notived the commercial space went down and price-restricted units went up
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^expect more changes, this project has gone through a lot...
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why are they choppin floors off? is donna involved in this one too? :haha:
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