Year: 2006
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1606 S. Allport
Permit #: 100110185 Applicant: Banner Excavation Owner: Inverbrass Funds, LLC Permit Description: Wreck and remove two-story multi-family frame residence Status (if applicable): Released 7/26/06
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The Market is a Force for Human Good
All hail Jane Jacobs, who believed in market forces. Jane Jacobs, 89: Urban crusader. Her first book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, published in 1961, became a bible for neighbourhood organizers and what she termed the “foot people”. It made the case against the utopian planning culture of the times — residential…
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3337 W. North Ave.
Permit #: 100104525 Applicant: K-Contracting Owner: Luis Martinez Permit Description: To tear down – Demolish and remove [a one-story masonry building] Status (if applicable): Released 5/12/06
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On the Same Day, Live Birth Version
Longtime readers will remember my fascination with unrelated people who happen to die on the same day, being forever linked. Here’s a twist on that: Katies Holmes, the wife of Tom Cruise, psycho, and the person Cruise criticized for being treated for post-partum depression, Brooke Shields, had babies on the same day. The Contra Costa…
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2425 W. Arthington
Permit #: 100108021 Applicant: Taylor Excavating Owner: 2425 W. Arthington Inc. Permit Description: Demolition of a 2-1/2 -story frame building and garage. Hold released: 7/18/06 Status (if applicable):