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Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/01/quince-street-bridge-officially-reopens-public/

LovesHillcrest — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:39:39 -0000

Friends of Maple Canyon volunteer their time to clean up the area, but it seems to me that repairs like this (and/or potholes) should be paid for with our tax dollars.

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/24/san-diego-great-streets-require-education-advocate/

LovesHillcrest — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:20:30 -0000

Sandag has plans to close a Park Blvd cross street here (Polk) to put in their MidCity Rapid Bus Line. The residents of North Park, University Heights and Hillcrest don't want it, but we're getting no support from our city councilman to keep one of our "great streets" open.

Sandag's action will cut down trees, remove the median and make this area a traffic corridor instead of a neighborhood. Who's supposed to help us if the mayor and councilman don't?

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/20/readers-debate-a-new-stadium/

LovesHillcrest — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:46:43 -0000

Maybe the mayor should talk to Dr. Jacobs about raising money for the Spanos family so they can build a new Charger stadium....instead of wasting funds on a bypass off the Cabrillo Bridge.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/polls/2011/aug/how-should-trafficparking-change-occur/results/

LovesHillcrest — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:52:51 -0000

Why would anyone pay $5 to park in the garage if the rest of the lots are free?

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/polls/2011/aug/how-should-trafficparking-change-occur/results/

LovesHillcrest — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:47:58 -0000

Bypass the bypass. One thing is clear...sometime in the future, the Cabrillo Bridge MAY be closed to to traffic. (Over 20% want it on this poll currently) So why would anyone in their right mind build an expensive bypass bridge from it? Especially when it will negatively impact the park?!? We all want the cars removed from Plaza de Panama....the beauty is it can be done almost immediately and quite cheaply.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/16/chargers-payroll-significantly-higher-2011/

LovesHillcrest — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:12:17 -0000

Just like the baseball team....they'll invest now (before a vote for a new stadium), but will it continue after the Spanos family gets San Diego taxpayers to buy them a downtown ball field?

How about them Padres?

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/02/preservationists-sue-city-over-balboa-park-plan/

LovesHillcrest — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:25:27 -0000

Currently several times a year vehicles are banned from the Cabrillo Bridge for special events with few problems. If Balboa Park's long range plans ever come to fruition, it may be closed permanently. Why build an expensive bypass bridge for cars that in a few years (or decades) may not be allowed to cross it?! Why damage the park?

I support a parking structure at Inspiration Point with people movers into the heart of the park.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/28/morale-boost-key-goal-wake-city-planning-organizat/

LovesHillcrest — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:10:10 -0000

The article says...."Broughton decried the time it takes to get plans rewritten, saying in Hillcrest's case, after years of study, there is as yet no draft plan to critique because consultant studies aren't ready yet."

North Park, Golden Hill and Barrio Logan have outside consultants working with their neighborhood stakeholders to update their old community plans.

In the case of Uptown, the city is acting as our consultant.

So... the city is in in control of it all — the study, the plan, moving it forward or delaying it while the future of Hillcrest and the Interim Height Ordinance (IHO) ticks by. http://www.signonsandiego.c... and http://www.hillquest.com/bl...

We hope Mr. Broughton will be able to get the Uptown plan update on the city's fast track AND quickly extend the IHO for Mission Hills and Hillcrest until the new community plan is approved by the city council.

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/28/damaged-historic-bridge-undergo-100000-repairs/

LovesHillcrest — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:40:07 -0000

The entire poem Elinor Meadows placed on the broken bridge in 1987 (along with large paper tears) is...

"I am an old bridge. I was the pioneer structure across a lovely canyon. I have carried my share of walkers. I have provided a place to view the bay, a quiet place to pause, to stop and think. I have seen many changes. The bay is busy, the air is heavy, the streets are crowded. My people need me more than ever. But where are they? No one crosses me now. It’s enough to make an old bridge weep."

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/27/horton-plaza-park-expansion-design-selected/

LovesHillcrest — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:57:40 -0000

Possibly...it's just that every other neighborhood in San Diego has at least one (and in many cases several) community parks. Hillcrest has none. Can you name another neighborhood with no parks?
Bankers Hill, Mission Hills, North Park, University Heights? They all have community parks. I wish Hillcrest had one, too.

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/27/horton-plaza-park-expansion-design-selected/

LovesHillcrest — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:14:31 -0000

Balboa Park ends at Sixth and Upas Street...Hillcrest begins north of there, just like downtown begins at the south end of Sixth (at Elm). All I'm saying is that Hillcrest has NO community parks, and downtown has four? five? six? seven? eight? can you count them all?...and now another.

It is equitable?

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/27/horton-plaza-park-expansion-design-selected/

LovesHillcrest — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:41:32 -0000

Isn't that up to the city? Where did they find space for parks in other neighborhoods? We have plenty of empty lots.

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/27/horton-plaza-park-expansion-design-selected/

LovesHillcrest — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:27:11 -0000

Nope, Balboa Park is just south of Hillcrest...east of Park West/Bankers Hill...and north of downtown.

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/27/horton-plaza-park-expansion-design-selected/

LovesHillcrest — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:20:17 -0000

Wouldn't it be great to have a park (of any size) in Hillcrest? How many nice open areas will downtown now have? Hillcrest has none. Nada.

Where is the equity?

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/26/citys-building-height-ordinance-extended-6-months/

LovesHillcrest — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:05:13 -0000

Councilman Todd Gloria: “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. I want to seek consensus in these communities so that we can
make sure that the development goes where it’s supposed to go."

what does that really mean? "where it's supposed to go"?

the community plan for our neighborhood is out-dated and being updated (supposedly) by the community. the interim height ordinance (IHO) should be in affect until that update (which is totally controlled and currently being delayed by the city) is completed and approved. anything else is unacceptable.

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/16/readers-spar-over-balboa-park-plan/

LovesHillcrest — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:24:20 -0000

Bypass the bypass.

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/07/all-facts-county-fairs-fare/

LovesHillcrest — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:55:21 -0000

Mmm...grease...and our society's obesity rate continues to skyrocket. http://bit.ly/pMW0Co

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/30/historic-houses-fixes-flagged/

LovesHillcrest — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:36:14 -0000

The Henry B. Jones House (on Scripps Mercy property and given to Carolyn Kutzke to relocate) should stay in Hillcrest. It is one of the few remaining homes in William Wesley Whitson's original "Hillcrest" subdivision and part of our neighborhood's history.

I'm disappointed that Ms. Kutzke didn't spend part of that $611,000 for an empty lot in our community.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/16/more-parking-mid-city-rapid-bus-plan/

LovesHillcrest — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:32:03 -0000

Oops, i hit UptownLocal's "like" by mistake. (please disregard, folks)

Dear UptownLocal,
If you really live in Hillcrest...why do you think the Mid-City Rapid is "GREAT" for our neighborhood?

Ours is the ONLY community in which Sandag and the city will change CAR lanes into DEDICATED bus lanes. It's the ONLY community that will have a street closed. It's the ONLY community to give up medians, trees, bike lanes. Why couldn't the bus use the same lanes as cars (just like along the rest of the route)? Do we really want "speeding buses" through Hillcrest? Aren't we supposed to be a great pedestrian neighborhood? Will having these three blocks (only in Hillcrest) dedicated to buses really quicken up a ride from downtown to SDSU? How many seconds will be saved? 5 or 10? Even if it's 30 seconds....aren't trees more important? These are old trees that Sandag and the city are proposing to cut down.

I don't think most people even know about the Mid-City Rapid Bus Line, but when Sandag and the city closes Polk Street and removes a lane in each direction along Park Blvd, there's going to be a lot of upset people.

PS..Do you also know that the buses will be able to control the signal lights to their advantage?

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/16/more-parking-mid-city-rapid-bus-plan/

LovesHillcrest — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:20:21 -0000

Where do you live, Oerdin? Anywhere in Uptown? Would you like to have a much used cross-street removed in your neighborhood? How about taking away two lanes for vehicles and dedicating them to bus lanes? Would you like those in your community?

If not, why do you think the proposed "rapid bus" is "badly needed" in Hillcrest?

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/16/more-parking-mid-city-rapid-bus-plan/

LovesHillcrest — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:51:40 -0000

You don't report that Park Boulevard (north of University Avenue) would be the ONLY part of the entire proposed route where lanes would be dedicated for bus use.

In addition, the Mid-City Rapid Bus Line would close Polk Street to through traffic. The neighborhood doesn't want it...and virtually all community groups have voted against it. What doesn't Sandag get?

If 16 parking places could be found that easily, why didn't the city find them earlier? There are even more parking places around the neighborhood...please make them available to the public.

But we shouldn't have to take a rapid bus along Park Boulevard to get them. The Mid-City Rapid Bus Line is not good for our community.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/11/letters-balboa-park-shark-attack-tuition-monorails/

LovesHillcrest — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:37:03 -0000

I agree with Daniel Dowdle's letter. There are several good ideas to improve Balboa Park...Sandy Shapery’s plan to rid the Plaza de Panama of cars (“Shapery looks
to the past to move beyond Balboa Park impasse,” Local, June 6) could be a great one.

I'm sorry that the Jacobs-Sanders team was so invested in the Cabrillo Bridge bypass that he was blinded by any other suggestions.

But if one door closes, another opens. Perhaps this will give the good philanthropist the opportunity to use the funds planned for the controversial bypass to help open the doors to the downtown library.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/10/a-dagger-in-heart-of-balboa-park/

LovesHillcrest — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:02:25 -0000

Your editorial states properly that we all "deserve a voice in what happens in the park."

The Rules Committee moved the Jacobs-Sanders plan on to the full council without a thumbs up or thumbs down recommendation. More public discussion was coming, but the good doctor wasn't up for the challenge.

Closing the Plaza de Panama to cars is a grand idea that virtually everyone embraced, but thousands of San Diegans along with 26 groups, agencies and organizations were against the Jacobs-Sanders plan because of a proposed bypass from the historic Cabrillo Bridge...even Caltrans was against it. (Many also didn't like it because it would create the park's first paid parking structure.)

The Jacobs-Sanders plan went from costing $35M to $40M in the blink of an eye. What would the final cost be? My main concern was: Why spend that kind of money to make it impossible to ever have the opportunity to even consider closing the Cabrillo Bridge to the king car? Some may not realize that the city would need to borrow money for a paid parking structure behind the organ pavillion. Money from parked cars would then be responsible for repaying the bond. Would people use a paid lot if there were other free lots in the park? If not, who's on the hook for the debt? The City of San Diego...well, the taxpayers. So would all of Balboa Park’s free parking need to become paid lots, too? See the complication?

I'm sorry that Dr. Jacobs was so focused on the unpopular bridge bypass that he couldn't work with the public for a better plan. Removing the cars from the Plaza de Panama is not an expensive process, and if it's what the people want for their park, it can happen rather easily.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/10/man-found-dead-sidewalk-normal-heights/

LovesHillcrest — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:11:04 -0000

This death was not in "Normal Heights"

It's amazing that so many "news" sources don't know what are neighborhoods are.

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/04/could-1915-streetcars-stop-feuding-over-balboa-par/

LovesHillcrest — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:23:54 -0000

Putting these historic trolleys back into use for the centennial will be less expensive than a $40 million bypass bridge currently proposed by Dr. Jacobs and Mayor Sanders.