Saturday,
June 30,
2007
— Today’s U-T editorial
re: next Sunday’s Pride Night with the Padres
Friday,
June 29,
2007
All Saints’ Episcopal Church Pancake Breakfast/Tour
Sixth@Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 7th from 9:30-11:30am • $5Enjoy a Hillcrest Centennial tour of Hillcrest’s oldest church (founded in 1897), a tasty pancake breakfast and meet their Rector, Father Tony Noble. Bring your friends for this wonderful opportunity to learn more about this great 1912 Spanish Revival landmark designed by William Hebbard and Carleton Winslow.
Thursday,
June 28,
2007
from Tom Mullaney with Friends of San Diego...
12-story 301 University Project UpdateThe lawsuit against the “Monster Building” is coming to a culmination. All the legal arguments have been submitted. The court hearing was scheduled for today, June 28, but has been postponed at the court’s request. A news release last week reported that the original developers had sold all or part of their interest to another developer, Laurus. The new developer is apparently redesigning the project, but not lowering the height. Our lawsuit has not been affected. Money is needed. The “Save Hillcrest” group has paid about 75% of the total estimated expenses on the lawsuit project. That’s a big accomplishment for Hillcrest and our little grassroots organization!
We’ve got to raise the other quarter of the funds in the next few weeks. Please consider how you can help: **Pick up some literature at the office (call first). **Call or visit friends, neighbors, associates or local business owners. **Mail a letter to people that you know. I have return envelopes to include. **Make a contribution yourself. **Checks payable to “Friends of San Diego.” One of our hard-working team raised $2,200 by contacting friends and neighbors. She hand-delivered a letter to her neighbors, asked for their contribution and got a good response. You will never know who’s willing to help until you ask! Let’s make the final effort needed to finance this lawsuit and prevent the “Monster Building” from destroying the neighborhood character of central Hillcrest — and creating a precedent for more misplaced high-rises! For more info, please contact Tom Mullaney at (619) 795-1753 or tmullaney@aol.com.
Wednesday,
June 27,
2007
Fifth Edition
...is getting closer.
The binder is next,
then distribution will begin the first week of July.
Tuesday,
June 26,
2007
Free
Tuesday Admission
What
lucky duckies we are to have Balboa Park for our backyard!
And as a bonus (on a rotating schedule) several museums have no admission
every Tuesday. This means today you can visit the Art Institute, Museum of Man, Friendship Garden, Mingei and or the Museum of Art for free! Thanks to
ball bearings, the Timken Museum of
Art is your
gift — admission’s always free. Other deals...an International Organ
Festival on Monday evenings at 7:30pm and Twilight in the Park concert
series featuring live music has been delighting visitors for 27 years
with programs ranging from military bands and Dixieland jazz to big
band swing and Latin salsa on the stage of the majestic Spreckels Organ Pavilion. Tonight
evening enjoy the United States Navy Band Southwest beginning at 6:15.
Monday,
June 25,
2007
— President of the Structural
Engineers Association of SD re: how to take down the Sunroad building
Sunday,
June 24,
2007
Comments from Tom Mullaney with Friends of San Diego re: the Hillcrest Corridor Mobility Study and community input from yesterday’s workshop at St. Paul’s Cathedral: (1) This Hillcrest transportation study is sounding an alarm with residents. SD must think long and hard about closing four north-south vehicle lanes out of the ten lanes on Fourth, Fifth and Sixth avenues. Consultant’s figures show that vehicle traffic would be impeded, yet there would be little offsetting benefit for mass transit. (2) Adding curb pop-outs at 66 intersections would be excessive. We need traffic engineering, not fads. (3) The worst idea is closing two lanes on Sixth Avenue, with diagonal parking along Balboa Park. This would slow traffic to a near standstill for commuters and parkgoers.
