Category: Land Use

  • Curb Ramps to Mangled Sidewalks ‘a Path to Nowhere’

    Randy Van Vleck finds out what it’s like to travel over the city’s sidewalks in a wheelchair during a 2012 walk and roll audit of University Avenue. The city is making improvements by adding curb ramps, but wheelchair users say sidewalk maintenance would help, too. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers By Liam Dillon You might…

  • Students Map a Future for Themselves and Their Neighborhood

    What if you could tell city planners exactly what you would like to see fixed on the streets you walk and drive on every day? A project in City Heights is giving residents the opportunity to do just that. And KPBS education reporter Kyla Calvert takes us to a classroom where high school students are…

  • Mayor’s Revised Budget Calls for Spending on Streetlights

    By Liam Dillon San Diego Mayor Bob Filner answered the most persistent criticisms of his first budget with a $6.2 million boost in proposed spending for fixing streets, storm drains, facilities and other crumbling city infrastructure as part of his May budget revision released Tuesday. The planned funding increase will not stop streets, storm drains…

  • A Case of ‘Planning Fatigue’ in City Heights

    Sonia Weksler participates in an August 2012 WalkSanDiego study of El Cajon Boulevard and other business corridors in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks A group of City Heights residents assembled at the local library last month to learn about the latest study being conducted in their neighborhood. The City Heights…

  • A Ballroom Stuck in Limbo

    The Silverado Ballroom restoration is stuck in limbo as San Diego sniffs out redevelopment scraps. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers and Megan Burks Situated on one of City Heights’ busiest street corners, University and Euclid avenues, the Silverado Ballroom is easy to miss. Its street level windows advertise discount furniture like many…