You are exactly correct: Shame on our elected officials and their failure to comply with state housing law. There is nothing new about the requirements in the law and the timing involved. The Builder’s Remedy only kicks in as a way of compelling a municipality to comply with the law. Let’s hope our environmental laws (CEQA) gut that ridiculous tower.
Thanks for this stroller down memory lane! I lived at 218 W Anapamu when I first lived in SB in 2002. My friend and I had just moved from the Midwest and didn't initially realize how lucky we were to be in such a great neighborhood. Our landlady was an artist and lived in the blue dupex. My friend and I would walk past Garden Court and say we'd live there together as old ladies with our little dogs.
I have a friend that lived at the the “hovel” on Coyote rd just before it was sold several years ago - the home was truly magical and (unfortunately - or fortunately for some) something that you’ll never get see again in the area.
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Sharon I liked it so much. Every time we drove by we searched for it trying to make a picture and show our family in the Netherlands. When do you think the pretty shoe will come back at the freeway north 101 same spot again? I still stay looking.
Hey C, I first visited Summerland in 1977 when I went to the Big Yellow House with some friends that were attending Westmont. Sorry, but as dumpy as you think the liquor store is, I think it's a gem from days gone by. And I LOVE the size, bulk and scale of the lighted "LIQUOR" sign that is visible from the 101.
I’ve lived and worked in Summerland for 30 years. I like the town the way it is. We don’t need to be another Montecito. I like the liquor store the way it is. The people that own are very, very nice.
The finish of the Coyote house is really bad. Reminds me of the section of Magic Mountain where the Viper Rollercoaster is.
Erik, the hovel comment is funny and not wrong. That said, I'm surprised you didn't call out the original dwelling's place among the unique and fascinating vernacular architecture of the bohemian Mountain Drive community. I'm glad to see they incorporated it into the new build for that reason. Elias Chiacos's book, 'Mountain Drive' is a fun read in case you aren't familiar with the history of that area
Isn't there design review to provide some "guidance" to what shares the corniness of a Chevy's restaurant facade ?
Skin condition! LOL. Who designed that Coyote house? Please publish their name. Everyone in the community needs to make sure to never hire this person to design anything, ever again. It is by far, the ugliest exterior on any new build, I have ever seen.
Please consider publishing their name as an act of good will towards humanity. We need to protect our children and society from this type of visual assault and architecual atrocity.
I went by the Medcliff Road house today. There is a crew removing the eight million dollar "landscaping" and hauling it away.
Gillespie St, above Mission. on the upper westside is worth a stroll. I've been here since 1979 and it's the best it's ever been. Thanks for all your strolls and photos!
It’s Santa Barbara. Not Montecito. Not Malibu. 😂😂
8 stories? Behind the mission or anywhere in SB is absolutely wrong. Seriouslly? Let's hope there is lots of money that comes out to fight this. Disgusting!
I’d like to hear directly from our elected officials what they are planning on doing to stop the project behind the Mission. I am very pro-development downtown and in our commercial corridors. This project is disgusting and cannot be allowed to be built in its current incarnation. It’s so bad it almost seems like a joke. Shame on our government for failing to ratify our housing plan in time, leaving us subject to BS like this.
During college I lived in a big Victorian across the street from the Eagles clubhouse on Bath. Used to walk by the Poor Richard Pub on my way to my summer waitressing job at the Carrow’s on Carrillo. Never went into the Pub, we did our drinking in those days at Joes and the happy hour at El Paseo where we’d get free food with one drink.
redesigned the riteaid
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It's just a fancy-named equipment rental business. Think of it like the "Buoy Water Club" SUP Locker at Leadbetter or Cal Coast Adventures SUP/kayak rental at West Beach.
Don't hold your breath waiting for the city to shut down a business they issued the permits to.
Very excited about the Loreto new place :)
Yes, they are permitted through the City of Santa Barabra.
How can this "private" beach club charge on public land? (they can't). Hopefully the city shuts this nonsense down.
Does the Riviera Beach Club have a permit to operate? It just seems that they have commandeered quite a large swath of prime beach space.
It’s in the part about The Post.
All good stuff, Erik!
What’s the info on the Montecito Coffee Bar?
