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El Toro Auction Offers Something For Everyone

May 1, 2003

Deals, Military base reuse, Morris Newman, Orange County, Vol. 18 No. 05 May 2003

While it might be hard to convince some of my left-leaning brethren of the case, the forthcoming auction of El Toro will likely benefit the local community, the military and private business, in that order. The City of Irvine, not known to be a pushover on matters relating to the former Marine Corps base, seems just short of ecstatic about the arrangement.

Project Finds The Formula To Build In Berkeley

Apr 1, 2003

Morris Newman, Places, Vol. 18 No. 04 Apr 2003

From a distance, the Gaia Cultural Center in Berkeley does not appear to be an unusual building. But up close, we see it is no ordinary building.

Money Resolves Beaumont-Calimesa Annexation Dispute

Mar 1, 2003

Deals, Morris Newman, Vol. 18 No. 03 Mar 2003

"Your tax dollars at work!" proclaims a sign at the edge of the road, where a public works project is under construction. If we were to see this sign in Calimesa, a city in the San Gorgonio Pass area of western Riverside County, we might be forgiven for pausing and trying to parse its meaning.

Aliso Village Offers Clear-Eyed Approach To Slum Abatement

Feb 1, 2003

Morris Newman, Places, Vol. 18 No. 02 Feb 2003

The history of public housing suggests that utopia is not merely a naïve idea, but may be a dangerous one. In her recent book The Provisional City, UCLA professor Dana Cuff has argued that some of the worst housing projects in Los Angeles were the result of well-intentioned and civic-minded people, who, during the first half of the 20th century, were trying to rid the city of neighborhoods they considered slums. The new Aliso Village is a neighborhood of 470 dwelling units built on the site of th

Low-Cost Housing Gets Expensive In San Francisco

Jan 1, 2003

Deals, Morris Newman, Vol. 18 No. 01 Jan 2003

I have a cranky thesis about housing: Working-class people should not be forced to live in projects that advertise the poverty of the residents. "Welcome to Casa Pobreza! We Have Pride in Ourselves — Even if Nobody Else Does!"

Fresno Seeks Touch Of Paradise To Cure Ill Downtown

Dec 1, 2002

Morris Newman, Places, Vol. 17 No. 12 Dec 2002

Is it appropriate for designers to create objects that have no use beyond giving pleasure? In 1972, a French interviewer asked a similar question to the designer Charles Eames in the film "Design Q&A." His answer: "Who is to say pleasure is not useful?"

Philanthropy Meets Redevelopment in City Heights

Nov 1, 2002

Deals, Morris Newman, Vol. 17 No. 11 Nov 2002

If something becomes famous, the painter Georges Braque once said, it is usually famous for the wrong reason. City Heights Urban Village in San Diego is famous for being the beneficiary of local businessman Sol Price, who has donated about $50 million in various forms through his charities and business affiliates.

Pleasant Hill Surrenders to Retailers

Oct 1, 2002

Morris Newman, Places, Vol. 17 No. 10 Oct 2002

Food substitution is among the household arts that make daily living possible. One cup of buttermilk, for example, can be substituted with a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar plus enough whole milk to make one cup. Or two cups of tomato sauce can be replaced with three-quarters cup of tomato paste, plus one cup of water. A few substitutions do not spoil the dish. They may even improve the taste.

School District Goes Shopping For New Campus

Sep 1, 2002

Deals, Morris Newman, Vol. 17 No. 09 Sep 2002

Some people react almost viscerally to the suggestion of combining schools with shopping centers, and with some reason. Education and retail are fundamentally different activities. Schools — at least our mental picture of them — are protective and cloistered, while shopping centers are bustling places wide open to the entire public. Like chocolate and onions, the two just do not seem to go together.

Yorba Linda Tries To Bridge The Downtown Gap

Aug 1, 2002

Morris Newman, Places, Vol. 17 No. 08 Aug 2002

This is the soundtrack of a person walking across a bridge above a busy street. The first sound we hear is the Doppler effect of a car approaching, then disappearing beneath the bridge, making a noise roughly like "eeee-UURRHH!!" A moment later, the same car emerges from beneath the bridge. "WHIFFF-urrrrh!"

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