Ray at Night – 10 Years Later
An arts event launched four days after 9/11 thrives today By Manny Cruz Photography by Ariana Drehsler Months before the tragic events of 9/11, a group of Ray Street business owners concocted a plan to enliven the area with a promotion that would embrace the arts and increase foot traffic among the small shops lining [...]
Switzer Highland Makes History
Neighborhood Partnership with Baku, Azerbaijan is a first By Martin Kruming Special to the North Park News It’s been four years since 10 youth and sports specialists from Azerbaijan visited the North Park neighborood of Switzer Highland. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 10 a.m., Mayor Jerry Sanders and the San Diego City Council will formally [...]
The Greening of North Park
Sustainable North Park Main Street project is launched By Manny Cruz North Park is adding another feature to its mix of arts, entertainment and commercial real estate — a formal sustainability program for businesses and the urban landscape. Currently under development, the Sustainable North Park Main Street project seeks to get the business community and [...]
Japanese Friendship Garden: Elegant Simplicity, Quiet Beauty
Expansion project ‘our gift to the citizens of San Diego’ By Delle Willett A garden is always in a state of change and Balboa Park’s Japanese Friendship Garden is no exception. The Garden is in its initial expansion phase, adding nine acres in Gold Gulch Canyon, between the current garden and the House of Hospitality. [...]
San Diego Law Firm prefers pixels to paper
Attorneys file almost everything electronically By Jennifer McEntee To the unknowing eye, the North Park office suite of San Diego Law Firm looks like any other. Desks, chairs, computers. It’s what’s missing that managing partner William Simon Jr. thinks sets the office apart from others in the local legal community: paper. Sure, there are Post-It [...]
Second Chance Dog Rescue
Golden Hill group finds homes for abandoned canines By Manny Cruz Maria Blake will be the first to tell you that she loves dogs — all sizes and varieties. In fact, the North Park home she shares with her husband, Jack, is filled with them. They own five dogs and are foster parents to a [...]
Will North Park Vote for a Clean & Safe District?
Commercial and residential property owners to cast ballots. By Manny Cruz If you own commercial property along stretches of University Avenue and 30th Street, or even if you own a home, condo or apartment building within a block of those thoroughfares, North Park Main Street has a proposition for you: Cast a ballot in favor [...]
North Park Little League Scores!
New electronic scoreboards are unveiled The pride of the North Park Little League — other than the kids who play in it— are two new electronic scoreboards that overlook the majors and minors playing fields. Mounted on heavy steel posts, the scoreboards can be operated simultaneously for games being played on the two fields. Little [...]
Old House Fair Historic Home Tour
Focus on South Park and Burlingame neighborhoods By Marsha Smelkinson Photos by Robert Piggott Always one of the highlights of the annual Old House Fair, this year’s edition of the Historic Home Tour will feature four noteworthy residences in South Park and a classic house in neighboring Burlingame. The Old House Fair and its Historic [...]
Executive director to depart North Park Main Street
Liz Studebaker credited with the rebirth of the business group By Manny Cruz A classy Studebaker is exiting North Park Main Street. That would be Liz Studebaker, the 32-year-old executive director of the organization that oversees the North Park Business Improvement District. She will leave her post on Aug. 1 to join her husband, Bruce [...]
