CivicSD had the files up.

"I used to scratch my head when cities would build really wide residential streets, slap a 25mph speed limit down, then be forced to put in speed humps to slow traffic..."

Thank your local Fire Department...

True, but I'd hardly consider Kearny Mesa "desirable," at least not in relation to PB, OB, La Jolla, Pt Lomas, Del Mar, Coronado, etc...

Interesting piece of news coming out of the San Diego Metro about a property in Hillcrest...

I'm assuming the 4th tower is part of the Cathedral Towers at University and Park. There are the two towers on the east side of park, and another small tower on the west side.

I's like to know how they plan on overcoming the interim height limit (65') in the neighborhood.

Apply for a variance. They wouldn't buy a 6.2 million dollar property without some confidence that what they're proposing to build there would be approved. That's just a hypothesis.

At a glance it seems like there's a precedent (the adjacent towers), a need for density/affordable housing, and it's a goodwill project for Todd Gloria's district.

If he wants it to happen, it will.

Though, I'd have to say it would be hilarious/insane to watch a group of retired seniors oppose the construction of another retirement/senior tower next to there own tower. Just imagining the uptown planning committee meetings on this project makes me bored to death. Ugh.

I would love to see new high rise(s) in this area. To me it is sad that we built taller structures in these neighborhoods in the 60's/70's than we do today. Even through the NIMBY's have had some recent successes, almost every argument is stacked against them and I believe the city is determined to increase density, it just has to be done in a politically viable way.

SD might be getting a gondola from Petco to Balboa Park. http://sandiegonewsroom.com/business...high-ambitions

This is a fun gimmick for tourists, but it concern me that this is looked at as viable transportation in a major metropolitan area. What is the status with the rail line running from Downtown to Balboa Park (eventually continuing to Norma Heights) via Park Blvd?

I spoke with SANDAG staff a few weeks ago about the street car proposal between city college and the zoo. As far as they're concerned, it's a dead proposal and they are focusing on transitioning the mid-city rapid line to LRT sooner rather than later.

They don't see the feasibility in putting in a streetcar along a route that is also supposed to support bike lanes, LRT, and regular street traffic plus medians and pedestrians. The street cars also have different infrastructure than LRT, and move slower than their LRT cousins - making shared tracks impossible (the vintage street cars currently serving downtown were retrofitted to support use on LRT tracks, which wouldn't be feasible to do on newer street cars).

Our best bet would be the transition of mid-city rapid to LRT be pushed up. It's the next line to be built after mid-coast, but it's still a long way off (2035-ish).

As for the gondola, whatever. I'm sure I would enjoy it if it were built, but I wouldn't cry if this ended up in the ever growing graveyard of SD proposals.

Sad news about the streetcar line. That seemed like our quick and dirty hope for a rail line into mid-city. Guess we will have to fight to push the date up for the LRT line.

Will the brt line run up Park Blvd or through Banker's Hill?

Trying to find more details on this new Mission Valley project.

http://sandiegonewsroom.com/communit...no-de-la-reina

Renaissance Inn going in on Camino Del Rio S.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...qxswWv3jE4gBDQ

Found this on the project from the recorded minutes at the MV community planning meeting last year:

http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/com...13junminmv.pdf

(pg. 6-7)

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The project is being called "Millennium." It appears to be a classic Texas wrap around (parking in the center, apartments on the exterior). I hope the quality is better than the Collwood structures they built. They look pretty on the outside, but they're cheap and asylum-like on the interior.

Interesting articles about Mission Valley development.

http://www.sddt.com/Commentary/artic...e#.U_Ljnd7n_IU

http://www.cresa.com/5970

Very excited to see old underutilized properties in Mission Valley getting re purposed like boat and car dealerships I was actually just thinking about that line of car dealerships on the South side of I-8 two days ago and how eventually they will be replaced by residential buildings. The author of the Spoonman article I think is a bit negative in saying the Qualcomm site will take 2 or 3 decades to get going. Maybe 2 decades to be completely built out with 6000 units but it will get going soon in my opinion.

Oh and what is the new crane for to the east of Renaissance in UTC right by the 805?

Mello, you can see it on this webcam. Looks like more Renaissance apartments?

http://earthcam.com/clients/irvineco...ter/?cam=pano1

That's a fun video.

Regarding the gondola, that could be a pretty cool tourist attraction to the zoo, but I doubt this would ever get built. Just imagine the fight from residents. Funny how they think it could be easily expanded to Fashion Valley and so on.

EDIT: Correction its La Jolla Crossroads that is adding more units not Renaissance.

Good news regarding trolley usage. http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/aug/19...last-fiscal-y/

Some news from February regarding the Hillcrest height limit proposal. Sounds like there was a weak compromise by various groups (50 ft without review, 65 ft with some buildr concessions, and 100 ft with major NIMBY scrutiny), but the city will ultimately decide the height limits. I hope the city decides on a limit of at least 120 ft. The residents are going to turn that neighborhood into 5 story stucco box-ville with a proposed 50-65 ft limit...short sighted.

http://sandiegonewsroom.com/communit...t-height-limit

Anyone know if Leo Wilson has been booted from the Uptown Planners position?