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P.O. BOX 633031, San Diego, CA, 92163 • T 619 269 8001 • F 619 839 3118 www.mancecreative.com VOLUME 13 ISSUE 2 February 2012 Columbia • Core/Civic • Cortez Hill • East Village • Gaslamp/Horton Plaza • Little Italy • Marina ➤➤ NEWS P. 7 Schmidt Design CLIENT PROJECT VERSION CLIENT APPROVAL DATE Group releases SAN DIEGO Logo Design DOWNTOWN NEWS FINAL X 1/9/12 plans for Horton Plaza Park and Central Library meets fundraising goals Children’s Park ➤➤ DINING P. 16 Downtown’s future plaza touted as music and festival hotspot By Logan Broyles Downtown News Glen Schmidt has made a name for The Gaslamp District’s Mardi Gras brings out festive characters every year. (Courtesy Gaslamp Quarter Association) himself over the past three decades Donovan’s receives high marks as a landscape architect in southern California as well as an environmental champion. He is the founder of the ➤➤ THEATER P. 22 Schmidt Design Group, one of the New Orleans party, San Diego flair most successful landscape architec- ture firms in San Diego. Responsible for several promi- Mardi Gras festival celebrates its 18th year in Gaslamp District nent landmarks dotting the county, such as Stone’s World Bistro & Beer Gardens in Escondido, Schmidt has By Ashley Mackin said part of the San Diego influence on Mardi Gras been contacted for the development Downtown News includes various music styles and groups, dinner of Stone World Bistro’s newest loca- packages and the fact that participants do not have tion, a restaurant and small brewery San Diego’s now-famous Mardi Gras celebra- to “work for” their beads. that is being built in Liberty Station tion is back for its 18th year, and will dominate Shimabukuro also explained how the event, in Point Loma. the Gaslamp District downtown with dancing, a synonymous with grandeur and celebration, had Now, Schmidt has set his sights on masquerade parade and plenty of beads. This 21 humble beginnings in San Diego. giving Downtown San Diego a vibrant, and older event had 35,000 participants in 2011 “It started out at Dick’s Last Resort, [where] new social scene with several promis- and the hosts of Mardi Gras are expecting a bigger there were a couple of really enterprising employees ing projects that will reshape the cul- “The Recommendation” crowd this year. Starting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21, the who decided that, with their ties to the South, they ture of the city over the next few years. takes major steps celebration will offer the New Orleans party with wanted to bring a taste of New Orleans here to San One of these projects is the Horton San Diego flair. Diego,” she said. Plaza Park, a potential game-changer Brandy Shimabukuro, marketing and public rela- ➤➤ FEATURE P. 23 tions director for the Gaslamp Quarter Association, see Mardi Gras, page 14 see Schmidt, page 24 Connections Housing construction kick-off Year-round housing and service facility will open by end of 2012 in vacant downtown building From “Salome” to “Barber By Anthony King of Seville” for the SD Opera Downtown News City leaders gathered on the former site of San Index Diego’s World Trade Center at 1250 Sixth Ave. to launch construction on the city’s first year-round, Briefs……………………9 223-bed homeless facility in downtown San Diego. Calendar………………10 Rendering of finished Connections Housing building Glen Schmidt of the Schmidt Design Group Feature…………...…13 (Courtesy PATH) see Connections, page 25 (Courtesy Schmidt Design Group) Drink Shrink……………15 Fitness…………………19 Ar t……………….……21 Contact Us Editorial/Letters 619-961-1953 [email protected] Advertising 619-961-1958 [email protected] www.sdcnn.com San Diego Community News Network 2 San Diego Downtown News | February 2012 Downtown’s Finest Professionals Ken Baer Deb Herscovitz Marla Hovland (619) 248-4200 (619) 871-7202 (619) 518-7444 Lisa Allen Brian Borkum Julie Adams CITYFRONT TERRACE MERIDIAN $399,000 $510,000 Classic “Brownstone” offers charm and sophistication as a walk-up Spacious 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath enjoys Eastern exposure with an abun- style townhome unique to San Diego. This 1 bedroom, 1 and a half dance of morning sunshine and dazzling night light views. 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DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO CORONADO • DEL MAR • FALLBROOK • LA JOLLA • POINT LOMA • RANCHO SANTA FE • SANTALUZ www.willisallen.com 619.238.8065 NEWS San Diego Downtown News | February 2012 3 At the groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 5, local representatives celebrated the beginning of North Park Embarcadero Visionary Plan Phase I construction. (Courtesy office of Councilmember Todd Gloria) North Embarcadero project breaks ground Phase one includes increasing open space with new public park By Johnny McDonald ing $3.8 million for the park alone, The project will also accom- Downtown News which was allocated in the Port’s modate transportation options Capital Improvement Program. with access to the nearby Santa Portions of what many con- A $3.5 million donation by the Fe Depot and trolley stops. The sider San Diego’s front porch have Ruocco family will be used for Port of San Diego, City of San recently become construction the park’s design and upgrades, Diego and Centre City Develop- zones as the Port District moves including the garden areas. ment Corporation, on behalf forward with the first phase of Construction is expected to be of the Redevelopment Agency the North Embarcadero Vision- completed at the end of the summer. of San Diego, worked collab- ary Plan. Groundbreaking for the As a provider of recreational oratively to provide funding project was held on Jan. 5. opportunities for the region, the for construction and long-term After 15 years of public Port District has developed 150 maintenance of the new public planning and collaboration, the acres of public parkland along the spaces and amenities. North Embarcadero Visionary waterfront of San Diego Bay and In addition to the Visionary Plan Phase I runs from the Navy the shoreline of Imperial Beach. Plan, a 105-foot wide esplanade is Pier to the B Street Pier and will Ruocco Park will be the Port’s also being constructed and will include construction on a portion 18th public park. adorn the waterfront. The espla- of West Broadway Street. The “Projects of this magnitude nade will have formal gardens, estimated cost is $28.6 million. and grandeur don’t happen over- plazas, shade pavilions and a wa- Following the demolition of night, and don’t happen without a terfront promenade. It is expected buildings that formerly housed lot of public debate and scrutiny,” to be finished in two years. the Harbor Seafood Mart and said Scott Peters, Chairman of the “San Diego deserves a Coral Reef Restaurant, work will Board of Port Commissioners. waterfront that links us to our commence on a 3.3-acre park “But in the end, we got it done most valuable asset—the bay— located north of Seaport Village. because we brought the parties and provides public space for Sidewalks around the perimeter together and found common residents, visitors and future will be closed through early April. ground for the common good and generations to celebrate our Marguerite Elicone, manager for the public benefit.