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HUFFMAN-BUILT APARTMENTS IN PLANNERS’ CROSSHAIRS
Vol. 25 No. 10 October 2016
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Community Plan Update threatens the many apartments built by Ray Huffman over the years Artists Throw Open Their Doors
October marks the return of self-guided artist tours in San Diego County when San Diego’s fine artists throw open their studio doors to the public. For many artists, there is a sacred space where they create. PG. 14
Before you cut the Restaurant Ribbon
Even with a plateful of enthusiasm, a delicious restaurant concept and the best restaurant staff in town, aspiring restaurant owners should know the odds are against them. For readers who are considering opening a restaurant, here are some of San Diego’s best restauranteurs. PG. 5
A gray Huffman at 4070 Mississippi St. ‘Regardless of how you may feel about their aesthetics, the Huffmans are far from ugly to those who call them home,’ noted Bill Smith Jr. in an issue of the University Heights Community Association News.
You’ve probably heard the term “Huffman” in reference to the apartment complexes that dot the landscape in North Park and other areas. Utilitarian is a way to describe them. Or bland. Or built from a template. They are two stories, have a sideways orientation to the street and have a broad concrete pad out front for parking. Katherine Hon, secretary of the North Park Historical Society says these project may be displaced if the North Park Community Plan Update is approved, much to the displeasure of affordable housing proponents. Story on PAGE 10
Southern Culture on the Skids Mixing hillbilly twang, vintage rock ‘n’ roll and swamp rhythms, North Carolina trio, Southern Culture on the Skids, returns to the Casbah on Nov. 7. Currently touring behind their new album, “The Electric Pinecones,” not much has changed in the band’s 33-year history. PG. 9
CONTACT US EDITORIAL/LETTERS
Manny Cruz manny@sandiegometro.com A standard Huffman-built apartment complex at 4124 Texas St. that has been dressed up. Note the parking spaces in the front, a feature of many of the apartments built by Ray Huffman.
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