Tag: Land-Use

  • Skate Plaza a ‘Good Start’ for Skaters

    By Tom Fudge Plans for a new park in City Heights include a skate plaza. That’s good news to neighborhood skateboarders, though it’s not everything they had in mind. Plans for a mini-park on Central Avenue in City Heights show a skate plaza for local skateboarders. Neighborhood activists and skateboarders have been lobbying for a…

  • The Stumblr: New Photo Blog of City’s Worst Sidewalks

    Dan Shelley’s dog, Avery, stands on a cracked sidewalk at the 3500 block of Polk Avenue in City Heights in January 2013. | Photo Credit: Dan Shelley By Liam Dillon Dan Shelley takes Avery, his half-Pomeranian half-spaniel, on 20-minute walks around his City Heights neighborhood. Last week, he brought a camera with him, too. Shelley…

  • City Heights ‘Can Live With’ Transportation Committee Assignment

    By Megan Burks City Council voted last week to approve Mayor Bob Filner and Council President Todd Gloria’s SANDAG committee recommendations. At stake in the vote were assignments to the regional planning agency’s committees on everything from the border to the region’s airports. Of particular interest to City Heights was the representative selected to serve…

  • Filner Reiterates ‘Neighborhoods First’ Message

    By Lisa Halverstadt On the campaign trail, Mayor Bob Filner pledged to prioritize neighborhood and community needs over downtown development. That message was also the backbone of Filner’s first State of the City address, an expansive speech that touched on both the city’s potential financial woes and Filner’s broad, ambitious agenda. The word “neighborhood” appeared…

  • San Diego’s Nonsensical Sidewalk Rules

    By Liam Dillon San Diego has enough miles of sidewalk to stretch from Ocean Beach to New York City then back again. You might not know it, but it’s your responsibility to take care of them. Homeowners and business owners must repair and maintain the sidewalks outside their properties, according to state law. The city,…