Tag: Land-Use

  • City Heights Is Still Waiting on That Art it Was Promised

    The transit Plaza on University Avenue in City Heights was never supposed to be so barren. | Photo Credit: Kinsee Morlan By Kinsee Morlan When Interstate 15 was extended through City Heights in the mid-1990s, it leveled homes and businesses and cut the community in half. Irate residents demanded concessions from the city and transportation…

  • Mid-City Residents Want Safety Fixes at Fatal Hit-And-Run Site

    Cars drive past a memorial for Jonathan Cortez at 54th and Lea streets Oct. 12, 2015. Cortez was killed there in a hit and run Oct. 9, 2015. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Every night this week, classmates and neighbors of Jonathan Cortez have gathered at the intersection of 54th and Lea…

  • A Sneak Peek at Charles Lewis Park

    Video Credit: Matt Bowler, KPBS By Megan Burks City engineers are just waiting for the new plants to take root before opening Charles Lewis III Memorial Park on Home Avenue in City Heights to the public. It has a dog park, half basketball court, space for barbecues, grass to run around on and two playgrounds.…

  • Long-Time Mid-City Business to Become San Diego’s Next Coworking Space

    Video Credit: Megan Burks, KPBS By Megan Burks It’s been a lumber store, an office for engineers working on the Atlas Rocket, and supplied San Diego churches with religious goods for 50 years. Now the 3700 block of El Cajon Boulevard will live yet another life. Grasshopper Development is in talks to purchase the O’Connor’s…

  • Group Bike Ride Highlights Orange Avenue Bikeway Plans

    By Brian Myers More than 100 people met up with bicycles outside Ibarra Elementary School in City Heights Aug. 29 for a community ride along Orange Avenue and nearby high-pedestrian areas. The three-mile bike ride was organized by a collaborative of local transportation advocacy groups, including Environmental Health Coalition and City Heights Community Development Corporation.…