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933 more bedrooms for Rolando stirs up locals
Shortcut from North Park, catwalks suffer disrepair, Kroc Center soccer field, speeders on 58th Street, school parents vs. Zena Canyon lovers
“No Megadorms,” reads the Karen Collins T-shirt, who warns, “This single development will add 50 percent to Rolando’s population.”
San Diego sides with Carmel Partners in Rolando project
- The Boulevard at 63rd, formerly known as Centrepoint Luxury Apartments from developer Carmel Partners, has been at the center of a controversy that so far has resulted in an administrative hold on construction, a lawsuit from the developer, and a settlement between the developer and city, which required a $150,000 payment for maintenance of a community park in exchange for permission to continue the project.
- By Dorian Hargrove, Oct. 30, 2013
Zig zags start after 54th
Shortcuts: 54th Street
- In order to get from North Park to Rolando, I use Lincoln Ave. until Boundary Dr. north to Howard, which becomes Orange Ave. to 54th St. After that there are a number of zigzag streets around Crawford High to get to Adelaide Ave. and College Blvd.
- By Joseph O'Brien, Feb. 3, 2011
Red arrows indicate the catwalk that leads from Lorca Drive to Bonillo Drive
Councilmember got on Rolando catwalk project long ago
- City Councilmember Georgette Gomez — called out by Michael Turko for not participating in his stories on the need to repair Rolando’s “catwalk” walkways — didn’t want to appear to take credit for other people’s efforts, a staff member told the area’s planning group on Wednesday (January 10th).
- By Marty Graham, Jan. 12, 2018
Kroc Center's 12.4-acre complex already has a soccer field (marked with an X) but not enough parking
Kroc Center's soccer field to be finished in 2020
- The soccer field at the Ray and Joan Kroc Center in Rolando will be on the roof of a new parking garage, with plans for the 23,000-square-foot project in the final approval stages. The Eastern Area Planning Committee gave the project its approval on January 10th.
- By Marty Graham, Jan. 16, 2018
View of 58th from opposite direction. “It’s down a hill, and people try to catch air off it,” said a resident.
Speeders' fun at Rolando intersection soon over
- At 58th Street in Rolando, Meade Avenue is less than two blocks long and modestly sloped. But the rolling hills on 58th — coupled with poor visibility and unrestricted right-of-way — are creating danger for residents, who are now in the final stages of getting four-way stop signs at the intersection.
- By Marty Graham, Jan. 16, 2018
Discover the "secret" steps and stairways of La Mesa and Rolando
- Some local stairways climb the palisades on the bay side of Point Loma, and others spill down the canyon slopes of Hillcrest. Noteworthy steps can also be found in the Rolando neighborhood south of SDSU and on the hillside neighborhood south of downtown La Mesa known by some as Windsor Hills.
- By Jerry Schad, July 20, 2000
I imagine that G. R. Daley and the other men who constructed Rolando wanted to build a neighborhood that reflected that new sense of national joy. If so, they succeeded.
Rolando
- A sense of humanity pervades this little community on San Diego’s eastern fringe. Though the name Rolando has come to include everything between College Avenue to the west, El Cajon Boulevard to the north, the city of La Mesa to the east, and University Avenue to the south, the original neighborhood is the eight to ten blocks centered around the four-way-stop intersection of Solita Avenue and Rolando Boulevard.
- By Ernie Grimm, Dec. 24, 2003
Vicki and Jim Dickinson, Zena Canyon in background
Squawk Like a Hawk
- Last November Rolando Park residents formed the Rolando Park Community Council to address concerns such as stop signs and red curbs on their streets. Now the council's top priority is to fight the possible loss of a neighborhood school. Due to declining enrollments throughout the district, San Diego City Schools in early June selected Rolando Park Elementary School, along with two other schools, for possible closure in 2005.
- By Joe Deegan, Aug. 26, 2004
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933 more bedrooms for Rolando stirs up locals
Shortcut from North Park, catwalks suffer disrepair, Kroc Center soccer field, speeders on 58th Street, school parents vs. Zena Canyon lovers
933 more bedrooms for Rolando stirs up locals
Shortcut from North Park, catwalks suffer disrepair, Kroc Center soccer field, speeders on 58th Street, school parents vs. Zena Canyon lovers
“No Megadorms,” reads the Karen Collins T-shirt, who warns, “This single development will add 50 percent to Rolando’s population.”
San Diego sides with Carmel Partners in Rolando project
- The Boulevard at 63rd, formerly known as Centrepoint Luxury Apartments from developer Carmel Partners, has been at the center of a controversy that so far has resulted in an administrative hold on construction, a lawsuit from the developer, and a settlement between the developer and city, which required a $150,000 payment for maintenance of a community park in exchange for permission to continue the project.
- By Dorian Hargrove, Oct. 30, 2013
Zig zags start after 54th
Shortcuts: 54th Street
- In order to get from North Park to Rolando, I use Lincoln Ave. until Boundary Dr. north to Howard, which becomes Orange Ave. to 54th St. After that there are a number of zigzag streets around Crawford High to get to Adelaide Ave. and College Blvd.
- By Joseph O'Brien, Feb. 3, 2011
Red arrows indicate the catwalk that leads from Lorca Drive to Bonillo Drive
Councilmember got on Rolando catwalk project long ago
- City Councilmember Georgette Gomez — called out by Michael Turko for not participating in his stories on the need to repair Rolando’s “catwalk” walkways — didn’t want to appear to take credit for other people’s efforts, a staff member told the area’s planning group on Wednesday (January 10th).
- By Marty Graham, Jan. 12, 2018
Kroc Center's 12.4-acre complex already has a soccer field (marked with an X) but not enough parking
Kroc Center's soccer field to be finished in 2020
- The soccer field at the Ray and Joan Kroc Center in Rolando will be on the roof of a new parking garage, with plans for the 23,000-square-foot project in the final approval stages. The Eastern Area Planning Committee gave the project its approval on January 10th.
- By Marty Graham, Jan. 16, 2018
View of 58th from opposite direction. “It’s down a hill, and people try to catch air off it,” said a resident.
Speeders' fun at Rolando intersection soon over
- At 58th Street in Rolando, Meade Avenue is less than two blocks long and modestly sloped. But the rolling hills on 58th — coupled with poor visibility and unrestricted right-of-way — are creating danger for residents, who are now in the final stages of getting four-way stop signs at the intersection.
- By Marty Graham, Jan. 16, 2018
Discover the "secret" steps and stairways of La Mesa and Rolando
- Some local stairways climb the palisades on the bay side of Point Loma, and others spill down the canyon slopes of Hillcrest. Noteworthy steps can also be found in the Rolando neighborhood south of SDSU and on the hillside neighborhood south of downtown La Mesa known by some as Windsor Hills.
- By Jerry Schad, July 20, 2000
I imagine that G. R. Daley and the other men who constructed Rolando wanted to build a neighborhood that reflected that new sense of national joy. If so, they succeeded.
Rolando
- A sense of humanity pervades this little community on San Diego’s eastern fringe. Though the name Rolando has come to include everything between College Avenue to the west, El Cajon Boulevard to the north, the city of La Mesa to the east, and University Avenue to the south, the original neighborhood is the eight to ten blocks centered around the four-way-stop intersection of Solita Avenue and Rolando Boulevard.
- By Ernie Grimm, Dec. 24, 2003
Vicki and Jim Dickinson, Zena Canyon in background
Squawk Like a Hawk
- Last November Rolando Park residents formed the Rolando Park Community Council to address concerns such as stop signs and red curbs on their streets. Now the council's top priority is to fight the possible loss of a neighborhood school. Due to declining enrollments throughout the district, San Diego City Schools in early June selected Rolando Park Elementary School, along with two other schools, for possible closure in 2005.
- By Joe Deegan, Aug. 26, 2004