Orchids grow in South Park, North Park and Golden Hill.
By Kris Grant It was definitely the year of the little-guys-make-good, the year when great design and planning was found in the heartland of San Diego. And it was a year when one of the biggest developments, Vantage Pointe condo tower in Downtown San Diego, got a smelly award: the Grand Onion, for failing to [...]
Going Up
Two North Park schools’ academic test scores top all others in San Diego Unified By Sandy Pasqua Two North Park elementary schools — Birney and Garfield — showed greater improvement academically in the California Standard Test for 2008-09 than any other school in the San Diego Unified School District. Based on their performance the year [...]
San Diego LGBT Pride Moves to North Park
By Ruby Cougler After 12 years in Hillcrest, San Diego LGBT Pride is making the move to the heart of North Park. In October, the nonprofit organization purchased for $1 million a modern multi-tenant building located three blocks south of University at 3620 30th St. The 5,000-square-foot property, which received a Renaissance Award in 2005, [...]
Stirring children’s minds
South Park restaurant and school inspire future foodies By Ruby Cougler The silence of a chic restaurant between operating hours can be a little unnerving — as if the empty tables and chairs are lying in wait — and the beautifully designed Alchemy in South Park is no different. Except on Tuesday afternoons, when a [...]
Remembering metal lunch boxes and maypoles
Hundreds Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Beloved Kensington School By Ruby Cougler On Saturday, Nov. 14, over 500 people walked through the doors of Kensington’s Benjamin Franklin Elementary and stepped back in time. They came to celebrate the little school that has educated over 8,000 San Diegans since 1929. This was the first event held by [...]
YMCA Youth & Family Services Community Art Project blooms in North Park
YMCA Youth & Family Services (YFS), the social services department of the YMCA of San Diego County has unveiled a set of three, large-scale community focused murals. On the outside walls of the YMCA Youth & Community Center in the heart of North Park, at 2929 Meade Ave. A generous award from the National Endowment [...]
Profile: Dennis Morgigno
Digging for news and features no other media has time for By Donna Marganella “We look for the city within the city,” says Dennis Morgigno, station manager at Channel 4 San Diego. He’s describing “San Diego Insider,” the award-winning local news magazine show he created in 1998 and still hosts. “Our goal is to try [...]
Franchisers put a Subway on Adams Avenue
Not content to own two Subway restaurant franchises — one in City Heights and the other in North Park — Laila and Raul Said have opened a third restaurant at 3540 Adams Ave. in Normal Heights. And they have no qualms about saying that if business warrants, they would be interested in operating more. “If [...]
Let Customers Know About Your Business
By Jim Schneider Advertising is an important part of operating and growing your small business. Among small businesses owners that I have encountered over the years, there are two basic philosophies about advertising: “Advertising is extremely important and it must be done with a consistent look and done with some regularity,” or, “I don’t need [...]
Dear Editor
A few months back, my next-door-neighbor’s house burned to the ground. But on the night of the fire, while I was frantically trying to save my own home from going up in flames, a group of my neighbors, whom I’d never even met before, let themselves into my backyard and, armed with leashes in hand, [...]
