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Article: Lemon grove plans to be pedestrian friendly: people in transit-oriented districts would walk among residential, retail areas.(Construction)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- December 19, 2005
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The San Diego Trolley stop in the heart of Lemon Grove will be key to remaking the tiny city's downtown during the next 15 years.
An ambitious redevelopment plan predicts a mixed-use development of five- and seven-story buildings on the block north of the city's signature lemon sculpture and west of the Orange Line station. Under the plan, more than 200 apartments will share the buildings with office and retail space.
New three- and five-story buildings will eventually spread in all directions, the plan predicts. Right now, downtown Lemon Grove has an eclectic mix of one- and two-story buildings reminiscent of the early- to mid-20th century.
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