Italian real estate market: homeowners and investors keep their heads above water
By “Broker Bill” Vivian It may still be “La Dolce Vita” in Italy today as it has been for decades. With the American real estate market in shambles for a good percentage of its inhabitants, it’s interesting to note that there are countries in the world where homeowners and investors are keeping their heads above [...]
Dining Tidbits
North Park restaurants again are offering special deals for their dining customers as well as their standard fare. Sample these dining spots: Bar Pink Everyone’s favorite place to hang out. Stop by and listen to some of the best local musicians around. For a complete schedule, visit barpink.com/index.html. You’ll want to wet your whistle with [...]
North Park Music Scene 4.10.2010
By Bart Mendoza Many great songwriters emerged from the 1960s, but few could dream of the impact of someone like Jimmy Webb, who performs at Acoustic Music San Diego on April 10, 7:30 p.m. Webb hasn’t released an album since 2007’s, “Live and at Large,” but even if he never issued another disc, his legacy [...]
Scene 3.10
Jeffrey Parish, owner of Junc Boutique in South Park and a graduate of Fashion Careers College, won first place in a college-sponsored Khanga Cloth Design Competition to help citizens in rural Tanzania. Competitors were asked to design a marketable garment that could be sold in high-end boutiques in New York City to benefit students, teachers [...]
All aboard! Neighborhoods shuttle service set to launch on April 22
Park-2-Park shuttle will serve North Park, South Park, University Heights and Normal Heights By Manny Cruz Omar Passons has a passion. He wants to bring a new transportation alternative to North Park and its adjacent neighborhoods, an inexpensive and reliable shuttle service aimed at getting cars off the streets, improving the business climate and educating [...]
Dr. Baumann’s book on the history of Kensington-Talmadge reprinted and updated in honor of area’s 100th anniversary
By Manny Cruz In honor of Kensington’s 100th anniversary celebration, the family of the late Dr. Thomas H. Baumann, a well-known civic supporter and dentist, has reprinted the original version of his book, “Kensington-Talmadge 1910-1985.” Ron May of Legacy 106 Inc., an archeologist, has written a new forward to the book to bring it up [...]
Disgruntled North Park residents mobilize
They seek louder voice in business decisions that affect their property By Ruby Cougler With excitement levels ranging from watching paint dry to tension-filled reality TV, multi-million-dollar decisions directly affecting your life, are made at the board meetings of North Park’s many community organizations. There is the North Park Community Association, the North Park Planning [...]
Healing Arts group gives booster shot to revamped Roots Festival
By Manny Cruz The Adams Avenue Business Association — in need of a big booster shot to revive its flagging Roots & Folk Festival — is partnering with the aptly named Alternative Healing Network to put on a combined musical and healing arts production during the April 24-25 weekend. The business association will produce the [...]
Bottle Art
Entrepreneurs find an environmentally friendly and attractive use for discarded bottles By Cecilia Buckner Two San Diego entrepreneurs are making a living off your trash. Leslie Tiano, an artist by trade, and business partner, Steve Cherry, took an idea that first emerged in the ’70s — with the marketing of crude bottle cutting kits — [...]
Gloria advances affordable housing in tough economy
By Ruby Cougler Standing amid the rubble and construction noise of what was until recently a seedy motel and a hotbed of criminal activity, Councilman Todd Gloria touted recent strides to prevent homelessness and promote homeownership in San Diego. Gloria held a press conference at the site of the former North Park Inn at the [...]
