Saturday, October 12, 2024

Santa Cruz Changes 104: Public meeting at Silver Spur

A new development is proposed for several parcels on Soquel Drive between Santa Cruz and Capitola, including the site of the venerable Silver Spur restaurant. The proposal is to be presented at a public meeting scheduled for Oct. 17, as reported by Wallace Baine for Lookout Santa Cruz:
"The community meeting to talk about the plans for the Silver Spur property takes place at the restaurant, 2650 Soquel Dr., on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. The public is invited. . . . 
     [Silver Spur’s owner, Daniel] Govea said that the project will feature 189 units of housing on a site that includes the Spur and some neighboring businesses and properties."

 

The image at right is a Google satellite view of the area. I have not yet seen plans showing the developer's proposal, so it's not yet clear which parcels are included.


 

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Santa Cruz Changes 103: Mobile murals


In 2023 SCMTD began, with the help of several local artists, to transform a number of Santa Cruz public transit buses into rolling works of art. By the end of 2024, SCMTD expects to have 30 buses repainted with images from famed nature photographer Franz Lanting and others. And next year the buses will have a new transit center to park in.