The 36-apartment project has an appealing solution to the challenge of a mid-block parcel, but it also requires the demolition of two buildings.
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It has driftwood-topped pergolas, a bocce court, concrete ping-pong tables, and space for a food truck.
Other recent news: Fundraising drive for new Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network hospital; census update; UCSB sorority house flouted pandemic rules with a big party; school-board candidate Monie de Wit; fight over Junípero Serra statue in Solvang.
More food news: Two new taquerias; praise for Noemi’s Roman-style pizza; Caruso’s has gone entirely prix fixe; a standout tartine at The Lark; Drunken Crab clarification; Revolver profile ands review; Paseo Nuevo closures; proposed fee on bottle purchases at county tasting rooms.
Plus: Weekend limits on Montecito beach parking; Space Home & Garden’s “safe soft opening”; Montecito Village storefront appears leased; “world-famous sculptor” looking for a rental; short film about Lotusland.
When someone decorates a house to the nines, the way 1930 Emerson Avenue has been decorated, attention really must be paid.
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Other recent news: Grenade found in garage got blown up in Pershing Park; where Montecito’s name comes from; more on the Randall Road Debris Basin; Cottage Hospital seeks Covid-19 plasma donors; Q&As with school-board candidates Brian Campbell and Elrawd MacLearn.
Inventory new and old continues to get snapped up—often before any reductions are necessary. Here are the nine notable closings from the past week.
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
Recent Comments
Totally agree. The Santa Barbara Company is the BEST for finding unique, special gifts. Love this place and the staff. — laura
Sad. We enjoyed the food & service every time we dined there. — Alisa
I totally agree and came to write a similar comment. Deal of the century right there. There’s something we don’t know. — BW
The Santa Barbara Company has so many wonderful products! Wholeheartedly agree with this endoresment! — Erik
It's a shame...I actually can't believe Local outlasted Bar Lou. I feel like Montecito needs to figure out what it wants to be. The only… — Swan
I deleted your second comment because you made it under a different name, as if someone else is agreeing with you. If you'd like to… — Erik Torkells
4347 Marina Dr selling for $1000 sq ft seems off. There had to be something funky going on. — Pete
The owner of the Harbor Restaurant is not only a real estate agent he’s also a real estate attorney. Is he really trying to tell… — FoodieSB
And the most authentic and genuine store of all “The Santa Barbara Company” not even mentioned … — Jane Phila Rogers
Just went to the Copper Coffee Pot today and the Caserta Pizza was just as good as when it was L’Antica. Yay! — ElizabethW