By Colleen O'Connor
It is not “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Another ill-advised MEGA-construction project is about to invade Point Loma.
In numerous columns in the Rag and elsewhere, the obvious has been stated. More neighborhoods under assault from venture capitalists and outside developers with but one architectural design—LEGOLAND-like high-rise boxes. Visit Park Boulevard. Mission Hills. Clairemont. Ocean Beach. Mission Valley. Downtown. La Jolla. Anywhere with space remaining in once desirable neighborhoods, there are now unimaginative high-rises and overstuffed “granny flats,” now dubbed ADUs.
In June of this year, I wrote:
“Point Loma is not just a tourist mecca, a powerful fishing industry, a substantial military presence, home to a national park dream, ship repair and maintenance facilities, but is also an invaluable contributor to San Diego’s economic health. Often unnoticed and until recently happily so.