To all those Carpinterians, please keep the Bluffs as they are. No developement!
That Cuesta Road house was on the market for like 12 hours before it went pending. Not sure why, the accepted offer wasn't that much over asking.
I’m not ok with every one being against developing in Carpinteria. Please do your homework before you start giving your opinions that are your personal feelings and not what’s best for community.
I thought that got voted out last year? No should be able to develop that area. It's beautiful.
That Buena Vista property is gorgeous, there's a 20-minute virtual showing video on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/779409575
I hate to see our quaint community become a resort town. I love those bluffs. ?
Please- for the love of God, if you have no snow driving experience (that’s me!), stay off Figueroa Mountain road. Thank you
Wow what a great addition to Carp this would be. An organic farm, new restaurant and coffee shop, and upstaged walking trails?! How are people opposed to this when the bill of acreage will be preserved and open to public even though it’s private land. Hope to take my kids here when it opens
We can’t “bring back what worked” because what worked were bigger retail spaces that no one wants anymore. As you point out, retailers today want smaller footprints; the existing architecture of State Street makes that very difficult to pull off. I’m also curious about your statement that State Street needs “less housing.” There is a nominal amount of housing on State Street as it stands so I’m curious as to why you think we need less?
There is literally a giant parking lot within spitting distance.
Thanks for the history, Art. I was born in the ‘80s so I don’t quite remember and it seems too young to remember the exterior pre-Anthropologie. Do you recall what business it was prior to Anthropologie going in in what I think was the late ‘90s? It’s a great building.
We love Bibi Ji
SB doesn't need another hotel with a rooftop pool and bar, what it needs is a good rooftop restaurant open to the public. That would be a unique draw in SB.
Apna on State St is incredible!
SB needs more small retail store spaces that are affordable like in the past. State street needs less housing. The appeal to state street was the mom & pop store feeling that gave it uniqueness. It attracted people to want to peruse and explore. Hotels and big brand name stores are no different than any other US city. It’s driving people away. I used to love state street, now in my mind it is dead. Bring back what worked, don’t fuel what fails. Bring the charm and character back to state street. Also where will delivery trucks park? And what is a shared room hotel, are we calling this the upper state street hostel?
Local in Montecito will have a lovely Easter brunch from 10-3! All the usual favorites plus a few Easter specials and great cocktails to go with them.
There are pickle ball dating sites which tells you where this so called “sport” is coming from. So bring your wine coolers and get ready to mingle and annoy everyone else in the neighborhood with the horrendous noise! Advice to pickle ball players: Stay home and play the adult version of Twister( clothing optional).
Our favorite is Masala Spice on Calle Real in Goleta. Working our way through their enticing menu.
No parking in a shared rooms hotel ? Wake up Santa Barbara before you totally bring down State Street.
Is this being converted with the intention of tax-payer funded housing for the homeless at premium rates? And... am I reading it correctly, that there will be no provision for parking-- I sure hope I'm wrong on that.
BW, I’ll agree the Anthropology interior was a very major remodel, the United California Bank exterior remodel in the 1980’s was what really made a difference in the outside look of this property
Recommendation for best current Indian restaurant
324 W Cabrillo. Toma Restaurant
That’s such a great building. I remember when it was revitalized so beautifully for the original SB Anthropologie. It’s been so sad to watch that area fall into decay. While I’d love to have seen some more housing instead of another hotel, at this point I support any coherent and thoughtful reuse of the building. I’m really over watching prime property turn into junky seasonal businesses like a Halloween store (and I love Halloween), or weird flimsy feeling operations like the clothing store operating in the unrenovated former Rite-Aid. That kind of stuff feels shabby and precarious and I’d barely put it one step above blight.
World war 111 is about to start, a large part of our population are worried about whether or not they’ll have a roof over their head, or a meal on their table. And in Montecito, you’re suing each other over… pickle ball courts. Um, yeah….
