Tag: Sidewalks

  • 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…

  • City Takes Steps Toward Sidewalk Study

    By Liam Dillon One big reason San Diego can’t solve its busted sidewalks problem: It doesn’t know how bad they are. The city has never done a comprehensive review of its 5,000 miles of sidewalks. That might change soon. City Councilman Mark Kersey, who heads the council’s infrastructure committee, is pushing for a formal evaluation…

  • Engineer: Blame Mudstones for Shoddy Sidewalks

    By Liam Dillon The sidewalks in parts of mid-city never had a chance. That’s according to Leslie Reed, the founder of local engineering firm Geotechnical Exploration. More than two decades ago, he wrote a paper deeming the land in and around Normal Heights the worst surface to build on in San Diego. He called the…

  • Tweet City Heights: Back of the Visa Line

    By Megan Burks Checking in on The Stumblr Voice of San Diego continues to document San Diego’s crumbling sidewalks on its photo blog, The Stumblr. This week, Voice mapped the reader-submitted photos, which are clustered throughout mid-city San Diego. A significant number were taken in City Heights’ Corridor neighborhood. View Mapping The Stumblr in 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…