WALK WITH ME
The East Beach neighborhood has two totally different personalities: the east side of Milpas is primarily residential and hotels, while the west side tends toward the commercial and industrial—and is far funkier than the Funk Zone. Let’s walk….
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A California cottage in the Hedgerow; 1980s Mediterranean on Pepper Hill; a Riviera fixer; a house with the feel of a mountain retreat; and a Lower Riviera duplex.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• 22-room hotel in the works for Chapala Street (above).
••• The Butterfly Lane freeway undercrossing is about to be closed for at least six months.
••• “For lease” sign on the Restoration Hardware space.
••• Sullivan Goss’s “100 Grand” show.
••• Vacation rentals at Jeff Shelton’s El Zapato building.
••• A new company that sells shares in vacation homes has its first listing here.
→ Read the post.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Jillian for correctly identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again next Saturday morning.
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Recent Comments
The old Victor the Florist shop at corner of Santa Barbara & Anapamu streets? — Peter
They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A
Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR
The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR
Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK
It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells