[CPEO-IRF] Broadway Complex (San Diego, CA) "New Season"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A New Season on Broadway

In an effort to attract development to a dying downtown two decades ago, 
the city agreed to allow dense construction of hotels and office 
buildings on the Navy Broadway Complex property. As the agreement comes 
to fruition, critics of the current proposal say times have changed.

By EVAN McLAUGHLIN
Voice of San Diego (CA)
September 18, 2006 |

Two decades ago, when city officials began strategizing plans to 
redevelop the Navy Broadway Complex, downtown was a very different place.

The urban core was dotted with bankrupt residential projects, stalled 
construction and blighted neighborhoods.

"There was rebar sticking out of the ground and puddles of water that 
sat there for years," said Peter Q. Davis, a former chairman of the 
Centre City Development Corp.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2006/09/18/government/911navybroadway.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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