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Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor (looked a lot like the Northridge loc. above)
I have so many great memories of this place. Birthday photos with the flocked wall paper.
I hear they are headed for a comeback!
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San Diego Reader | "Plundering Historic Plaques" by dorianh
Owners of historically-designated homes in Uptown are on the lookout for thieves. The thieves are not the run of the mill hoodlums but instead are run of the Mill's Act burglars.
The thieves are ripping off gold plaques from historically designated homes. Last week, historic plaques were torn from pillars in front of four homes in the Inspiration Heights district of Mission Hills. The thieves also snatched plaques from two homes along Fort Stockton Boulevard and one from the Griswold Building at the corner of Washington Street and Goldfinch.
Mission Hills isn't the only neighborhood that has reported the plundering of plaques.
"Historic plaques have also been stolen from homes in Burlingame and from other older San Diego communities, not to mention the thief of plaques in Presidio Park," reads the warning sent out by community organization, Heart of Kensington.
"There appears to be a mini-crime wave targeting our historic communities and our historic markers."
San Diego Reader | "Plundering Historic Plaques" by dorianh
The thieves are ripping off gold plaques from historically designated homes. Last week, historic plaques were torn from pillars in front of four homes in the Inspiration Heights district of Mission Hills. The thieves also snatched plaques from two homes along Fort Stockton Boulevard and one from the Griswold Building at the corner of Washington Street and Goldfinch.
Mission Hills isn't the only neighborhood that has reported the plundering of plaques.
"Historic plaques have also been stolen from homes in Burlingame and from other older San Diego communities, not to mention the thief of plaques in Presidio Park," reads the warning sent out by community organization, Heart of Kensington.
"There appears to be a mini-crime wave targeting our historic communities and our historic markers."
Video: Historic Markers Stolen From Mission Hills Pillars - Print This Story News Story - KGTV San Diego
Markers Stolen Are 102 Years Old (see link for video)
SAN DIEGO -- A piece of history in Mission Hills is gone after four century-old bronze markers were taken from two pillars earlier this week."I was ticked off," said Allen Hazard, a Mission Hills homeowner and local historian.Hazard said he still can't believe the markers were taken from the pillars on Sunset Boulevard near Alameda Drive sometime Monday evening or Tuesday morning.The name on the markers -- Inspiration Heights -- was the name of a new subdivision in 1909.In one old drawing Hazard showed 10News, the pillars with the markers were used in a brochure to attract buyers."It appears they were yanked out, possibly with a crowbar. I think Mission Hills and the Uptown area has been robbed of a key part of our identity and history," said Hazard.The thief or thieves may have a history of targeting history."I heard a loud thud just before I was going to bed," said resident Sean-Xavier Neath.In late June, a few blocks away, the homeowner looked outside around midnight and saw a man running to a car carrying garbage bags. The man apparently stole the homeowner's plaque designating his historic home. The plaque is made of bronze alloy, which includes copper. The thief would also take two other plaques.Homeowner Bobby Sparks had a plaque stolen from his home."It feels like a violation. Someone coming in and jacking your plaque off your home," said Sparks.Hazard said, "102 years of history is gone for someone to get a couple hundred bucks. That's outrageous."Police are looking into a possible connection between the two strings of thefts.It is believed the markers were stolen for their scrap value.As for the historic home plaque, one homeowner paid more than $700 for his.
Historic Markers Stolen From Mission Hills Pillars - Print This Story News Story - KGTV San Diego
Video: Giant Mural In Hillcrest Slowly Disappearing - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
Redistricting Commission finalizes preliminary map | LGBT Weekly
The San Diego Redistricting Commission is expected to release its preliminary map at its July 21 meeting, showing how the City Council districts could be redrawn. The commission is hosting public hearings before it finalizes the map.
City's building height ordinance extended for 6 months - SignOnSanDiego.com
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council has passed an extension to a temporary 2008 ordinance restricting building heights in three neighborhoods.
The council voted 7-0 to add six more months to the Interim Height Ordinance, which will now be in effect until January 2012. The law prevents new construction and renovations from exceeding 50 feet in Mission Hills and 65 feet in Hillcrest.
Structures can only breach the 65-foot limit in Bankers Hill with special approval from either the Planning Commission or City Council, Uptown Planners Chairman Leo Wilson said.
David Alvarez was absent from Tuesday morning’s session and did not vote.
The original ordinance, meant to freeze building heights until the completion of a new community plan update, was set to expire early this year. However, the council approved an initial six-month extension in January. Tuesday’s second extension will be the last permitted under the law.
“It’s my personal hope that this will light a fire underneath all the stakeholders to make sure the community plan update is completed as soon as possible,” Councilman Todd Gloria said. “I want to seek consensus in these communities so that we can make sure that the development goes where it’s supposed to go.”
Despite the extension, it is unlikely the community plan update will be completed in the next six months. In fact, council members said Tuesday they don’t expect it to be done for at least 18 months.
Wilson said after the meeting that it could take even longer, and he anticipates a new ordinance will be drafted in the next six months to keep the height limits in place until the community plan update is finished.
One councilman, Kevin Faulconer, said his patience with the process is running out. Faulconer voted in favor of the extension but said he supported it, “reluctantly.”
“We want this done, and we want it done sooner rather than later,” Faulconer said. “It’s not an open-ended commitment. We need to bring this to a resolution.”
The council voted 7-0 to add six more months to the Interim Height Ordinance, which will now be in effect until January 2012. The law prevents new construction and renovations from exceeding 50 feet in Mission Hills and 65 feet in Hillcrest.
Structures can only breach the 65-foot limit in Bankers Hill with special approval from either the Planning Commission or City Council, Uptown Planners Chairman Leo Wilson said.
David Alvarez was absent from Tuesday morning’s session and did not vote.
The original ordinance, meant to freeze building heights until the completion of a new community plan update, was set to expire early this year. However, the council approved an initial six-month extension in January. Tuesday’s second extension will be the last permitted under the law.
“It’s my personal hope that this will light a fire underneath all the stakeholders to make sure the community plan update is completed as soon as possible,” Councilman Todd Gloria said. “I want to seek consensus in these communities so that we can make sure that the development goes where it’s supposed to go.”
Despite the extension, it is unlikely the community plan update will be completed in the next six months. In fact, council members said Tuesday they don’t expect it to be done for at least 18 months.
Wilson said after the meeting that it could take even longer, and he anticipates a new ordinance will be drafted in the next six months to keep the height limits in place until the community plan update is finished.
One councilman, Kevin Faulconer, said his patience with the process is running out. Faulconer voted in favor of the extension but said he supported it, “reluctantly.”
“We want this done, and we want it done sooner rather than later,” Faulconer said. “It’s not an open-ended commitment. We need to bring this to a resolution.”
nathan.max@uniontrib.com • (619) 718-5252 • Twitter: @natemax
City's building height ordinance extended for 6 months - SignOnSanDiego.com
Brooklyn Girl Eatery coming to Mission Hills
Casual neighborhood American eatery with a
sustainable farm-to-table attitude.
We will be open breakfast + lunch + dinner + late night with an
extensive menu of seasonal and locally sourced organic products
at very attractive price points.
Full "artisanal" bar with a great selection of locally produced craft
beers on tap and an extensive and affordable wine list.
In addition we will have a "chef's pantry" offering daily selection of
salads, pasta, sandwiches, pastries and pre-prepared entrees to go.
Locally owned and family operated,
we want to be YOUR neighborhood "go-to" restaurant!
More information is listed on here in their blog
Brooklyn Girl Eatery - San Diego Newest Restaurant!
Time to buy a home? Now, says Barbara Corcoran
“What you have here are the good old days that we were all talking about for 20 years,” says real estate magnate Barbara Corcoran. “You have cheap money, 4.5 percent for a fixed-rate mortgage, and you have prices that are 40% cheaper than they were before.” Corcoran told MoneyWatch that the residential real estate market looks very attractive right now, but potential buyers are too pessimistic to take advantage.
R.I.P., Sausage King
At one time, Sausage King Manfred "Fred" Spenner presided over a kingdom of five Sausage King businesses around the county, including shops in Chula Vista, La Mesa, Mission Valley, Kearny Mesa and the company headquarters, on Washington Street in Mission Hills.
During this spring and winter, Spenner frequently complained of a cold he could not kick.
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