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C-3
PRINCIPLES & GUIDELINES
See "Toward
Permanent Paradise."
C-3 POSITIONS
The recommendations contained in Temporary Paradise?
continue to guide C-3 as we take positions on contemporary
issues facing regional governments and agencies -- including
conservation of canyonlands, public access to waterfronts,
urban planning, preservation of historic architecture, and
development of transportation solutions.
Preservation of Canyons
Temporary Paradise? asks that we preserve our natural
landforms, emphasizing canyons as one of San Diego’s
“priceless assets”. Canyons are “a naturally
connected system of open space...close to almost every locality...acting
as the San Diego region’s natural drainage system”
and providing precious habitat for the region’s wildlife
and natural vegetation. C-3 officers review and comment on
EIRs for projects affecting canyonlands, and endorse projects
such as the City of San Diego's Watershed Boundary Signage
Program. Working with UCSD-TV and co-sponsors, C-3 spearheaded
production of the television program San
Diego Canyonlands.
Public Access to the Waterfront
Temporary Paradise? strongly recommends that we resist
the tendency to privatize the coastline and thus restrict
public access to our ocean and bays. “Control the
height and bulk of waterfront development and encourage housing
of mixed prices and types in existing coastal communities.
In the long term, remove all uses from the shore that are
not residential, recreational or water-related.”
Where and how can we preserve or reclaim access to the waterfront?
How do we strengthen the relationship between waterfront and
adjacent neighborhoods? C-3 officers review and comment on
plans such as the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan, and consult
with agencies developing the downtown historic waterfront.
C-3 was instrumental in the formation of the Navy
Broadway Complex Coalition.
Preservation of Communities
and Historic Architecture
To preserve communities and historic architecture, Temporary
Paradise? recommends maintaining the existing residential
character by making a community survey to identify and then
conserve the streets, landmarks, and areas that have a sense
of place or history. It also recommends protecting residential
areas from through traffic and improving conditions for walking
and cycling. New dwellings should be added without destroying
the sense of neighborhood. C3 officers review and comment
on updates to regional community plans, and on specific projects
such as the Old
Police Headquarters & Park.
Transportation
Appleyard and Lynch stated that people experience their environment
by traveling through it. They also believed that transportation
systems set the character of cities. However, in their
1974 interviews with San Diego residents, Appleyard and Lynch
found that few who used San Diego freeways found their journeys
an enjoyable experience, the exception being the Cabrillo
Freeway (163) as it passes through Balboa Park. Today the
experience of traveling San Diego freeways has, of course,
worsened. C3 has endorsed an independent transit study
by Move San
Diego that is bringing insight and new ideas from around
the world to provide new “direction” to San Diego
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With
City Low on Green, Balboa's Control Mulled
Vladimir Kogan, Staff Writer
Voice of San Diego
November 20, 2006
Should
Balboa Park be run by private conservancy?
Jeanette Steele, Staff Writer
San Diego Union-Tribune
November 21, 2006
SDG&E's
final Powerlink plan still crosses Borrego Park
San Diego Union-Tribune
August 5, 2006
Groups
urge City to give Park Status to Canyons
San Diego Union-Tribune
August 6, 2006
Using
Nature to Design our Future
Richard Louv
San Diego Union-Tribune
July 11, 2006
Time
to Hike Up Canyon Preservation Efforts
Toni Atkins
San Diego Union-Tribune
June 28, 2006
Turbulent
fight expected over airport site
San Diego Union Tribune
June 6, 2006
Judith Munk,
1925-2006
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 25, 2006
Water reuse, conservation should trump desalination
San Diego Daily Transcript
May 25, 2006
Can
naval planning become urban planning?
Lawrence A. Herzog
San Diego Union-Tribune
April 12, 2006
San
Diego's canyons should be protected and connected, study says
The Daily Transcript
March 30, 2006
A
regional canyonlands park system
Richard
Louv
San Diego Union-Tribune
March 14, 2006
Downtown
update isn't rock solid
San Diego Union-Tribune
March 2, 2006
Council
approves downtown strategy
San Diego Union-Tribune
March 1, 2006
A
Downtown Builder's Legal Tender
Voice of San Diego
February 28, 2006
Toward a better downtown
By Jerry Sanders, Nancy Graham and Julie Meier
Wright
San Diego Union-Tribune
February 24, 2006
No
child left inside
Richard Louv
San Diego Union-Tribune
February 7, 2006
Mission
Valley: The Unplanned Neighborhood
Where
Asphalt Is Parkland
Voice of San Diego
January 30, 2006
HAMILTON
MARSTON
1910 - 2006
San
Diego Civic Leader
San Diego Union-Tribune
January 28, 2006
Council
gives Park-to-Bay Link a $2 million boost
San Diego Union-Tribune
January 25, 2006
How
architects can save the world
Richard Louv
San Diego Union-Tribune
January 17, 2006
Pioneering
modernist Lloyd Ruocco's vision endures
San Diego Union-Tribune
September 11, 2005
Panel
Endorses Plans to Increase Local Reuse of Purified Wastewater
Don Wood
Voice of San Diego
July 18, 2005
San
Diego’s Canyons
Richard Louv
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 10, 2005
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