Does anyone know whats the status on the Coronado Bridge Lighting project I know they delayed it but does anyone know if its even active anymore?
https://i.imgur.com/CJab9Lt.jpg

I wish the tallest of the towers went up to (or close to) the 500' height limit. Instead it seems to stop short, at maybe 400 feet? Correct me if I'm wrong. Otherwise good.

Can't get over how the SD skyline has grown over the last 20 years.

I liked the previous design much better. It looked very much more 1940s era Art Deco. The current design seems to have more of a resemblance to the steel and glass residential towers going up. But it’s still great development for downtown.

That Manchester rendering looks like it's got a couple of 'super talls' off in the background.
Artistic license? Or do they know something..... Ha!!

Are you guys still worried about 7th and Market now after reading the Cisterra quote in the recent UT write up? Seems to me like the economy will hold at least until the summer so the project should get financing soon. Remember Manchester went through the same issue after all the legal challenges were done they had to resecure funding. My hope is we get a China agreement and back off on the trade war in the next couple months and the economy gets 6 to nine months of juice and then the big collapse in early 2020. If the China thing doesn't get resolved i see sharp downturn starting this summer. What do you guys think?

I’m going to be nervous about it until they break ground. Every day I drive by there and think I can’t wait until I see them roping off that nasty surface lot to start prepping the site.

It just seems like that site has inherrantly had more problems over the years than any other. It’s probably because it’s city owned land, but in any case I am nervous about it yet cautiously optimistic. I think any company that’s trying to secure funding has to be confident when talking to the media, but are they really that confident in the funding behind closed doors? Who knows. Fingers have been crossed for a long time and remain crossed :)

I came across a different rendering of the Horton Plaza redevelopment and it's great to see two office towers in the background. As you may recall, there is potential to add another 1.5 million square feet of office space if the project is successful.

According to the link below, a new food hall will be built on the ground floor where an optometrist office is currently located (Closer to the Westin hotel). It's too bad the hall isn't opening in front of the park, but 'm guessing they have grander plans for that area?


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7806/...876d594e_o.png

https://www.sandiegoville.com/2019/0...town.html#more

I believe it's still active but there are some who don't want to light it up because it may increase the number of suicides? Really?

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topi...cide-concerns/

Anybody remember the InterContinental hotel that was going to be build on the southern surface parking lot?

Would have been interesting

Removing Height Limits
 

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topi...yimby-war-has/

This is HUGE!!! It maybenot apply to downtown but the uptown areas as well as other areas close to trolley stops may increase height limits. I feel a lot of us would need to attend meetings and voice our support for increased density and the removal of height limits to better accommodate families and indinivuals looking for homes closer to to transit stops.

I wonder if this is what NYC felt like at the turn of the century. I scarcely recognize the city of my childhood, with a skyline described as an 'empty toolbox' and a waterfront with nothing but parking lots. San Diego finally feels like a real city, will all that implies. Not just a collection of scuzzy traps to part sailors on shore leave with their hard-earned cash and a naval retirement community, but the economic and cultural center of an entire region.

I like Falconer's sentiment, but I'll hold off on congratulations until I see those words translated into actions.

There's a hugely important news story happening right now that's oddly not really being covered. The Metro Water Authority has started draining Lake Mead.

Per a 1922 agreement if the water levels in Lake Mead are below a certain point at the first of the year CA and AZ are required to start rationing water from the Colorado river. Mead's water levels have been declining for years as both states have been overdrawing from the Colorado. Metro in particular has been overdrawing as a matter of course for decades, to the point that SoCal doesn't really have a good understanding of how much water they reliably have access to. It's actually a fraction of what Metro provides now. Since Metro has apparently decided that rationing is probably going to go into effect anyway, now that the 1st of the year has passed they're topping up every reservoir they can. That decision removed whatever slim chance there was to avoid rationing, it's all but assured to go into effect in Jan 2020. Expect a major legal battle between CA and AZ then, but also brutal fights amongst Metro's local customers their ration of water.

Good news for us San Diegans is that we've made some preparations. We collect about 10% of our water locally, the desalination plant in Carlsbad covers about 10%, and Pure Water should cover 10% by 2021 (and 30% by 2035). Another 50% should come from a contract with the Imperial Valley Water District, which gets its own ration of Colorado river water and now has to share half with SD. So SD is going to be fighting for 20% of its water until Pure Water finishes, after which it can tell Metro to go screw itself. That will lead to a certain spike in water prices, but less than most of the LA and OC county water districts which are completely dependent on Metro's ration.

Avoid the UTC area for a week starting Feb. 8

They're closing La Jolla Village Drive at Genesse Ave

https://www.10news.com/traffic-armag...2tVCcwRwjcZlck

Jimbo's asks court to halt Horton Plaza redevelopment
UT Article: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...125-story.html

I hope this doesn't affect the Horton Plaza redevelopment the area desperately needs it.

Yeah, I hope it's just the owner's way of ensuring no one drops a crane on his front step... Or walls the store off from the street somehow.
....which, is smart of him IMHO.

In the long run, the redevelopment is so much better for their business. Trying to drum up foot traffic at the mall (as is) seems futile.

Forum missing some skyscraper diagrams for San Diego
 

The diagrams page is missing some new buildings, some completed. For example, no drawing/data for Ballpark Village tower. Several other examples. Are they short of artists? Other cities seem to be updated more promptly, even when a building is still under construction. Get to work artists. Maybe somebody with more time can compile a list of new buildings that need to be in the diagrams section that aren't there. There must be 5 or 10 over 300 feet, and a couple over 400' that are missing.

I don't understand why there is no historic preservation opposition to demolishing Horton Plaza. I could understand supporting redevelopment if there were to be skyscrapers but this project is basically a bland office part with no aesthetic value or density. Ideally Horton Plaza would be preserved and highrises would be built on the sides. Some retail could be converted to office space but the unique aesthetic has to be preserved.

20 story hi rise in Bankers Hill
 

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/jan/2...ill-6th-olive/

Approved:
https://www.kusi.com/san-diego-city-...g-development/

Great! Was the height limit raised in Bankers Hill?