World Cup mania about to descend on the 'hood |
BWIN THE LINES. North Park upcoming (read: soon) invasion of avid/rabid soccer fans is going to be unavoidable—so join in the World
Cup ruckus (mid-June to mid-July) as NP pub owners ranging from Bluefoot to Bar
Pink are leading the cheers. Watch for a
sea of team flags and costumed revelers in impromptu parades between Waypoint
Restaurant, True North and Caffe Calabria as the international competition gets
heated. Honk if you love soccer.
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HELLO/GOOD-BYE. Edwin Lohr is the newly elected president of the North Park Community
Assn. and one of his initial duties was to wish outgoing president Nikki
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Edwin Lohr |
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Nikki Berdy |
“She represented the people of North Park with dignity
and respect. She will be sorely missed, but we know that wherever she goes that
community will be gaining a huge asset. We wish her the best,” said Lohr.
Also, Sean Karafin was elected vice president of NPCA.
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GOING BY THE BOOK. Architect Jonathan Segal told reporter UT-San Diego Roger Showley recently that he built his newly
completed North Parker Project at 30th & Upas according to city
zoning regulations already on the books.
If he wanted to go beyond
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North Parker architect Jonathan Segal |
the existing 27 units, he said, he would have
had to bring the $9 million project to the NP Community Planning
Committee. That was something Segal
didn’t want to do because it would have added a year to the project. As it was he was able to complete the project
in 14 months (acquisition to completion).
A telling quote in the UT
article by Segal as to the reputation held by many architects and builders of
volunteer planning groups is as follows: “I find community people tend to
be
interested in venting some anger and I’m not interested in being a recipient of
that.”
Architects not quoted in the article have told Pillar to Post that Segal is keen on
what he can and can’t do and finds success being a turnkey operator in that he
is the landlord, architect, developer and builder. His success is notable. North Parker was 100% leased after the first
month of its opening.
It was great to see Segal dining recently at Cardamon’s
with his team.
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FOODIE NEWS:
So much foodie news is on smacking lips media l that I forgot (sorry) where I
read about Chris’ Ono Grinds CafĂ© & Grill. Full disclosure, I haven’t dined
there yet, but my taste buds are set for the Wednesday night Keiki special menu
(attached).
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Prolific and talented Amy Granite writing in West Coaster Magazine’s June issue (www.westcoastersd.com), profiles what’s
new with Arsalun Tafazoli,
the local restaurant and
craft beer wonderkind behind places like Provisions/Soda & Swine at 30th
and Adams and the new Underbelly II at 30th and Upas.
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