When you're thinking about One Paseo, you should try to imagine how big the buildings will really be. Of course, Kilroy makes it hard by not showing any pictures of the larger structures, concentrating on the life down at street level. Once you're outside of One Paseo, on the streets of Carmel Valley, the view you'll get won't look anything like the marketing images provided by Kilroy. Instead, our San Diego community will be transformed into an urban nightmare, with buildings that are mostly 5, 6 and 10 stories tall. Look at this video of La Jolla Crossroads for a flavor of what that might be like:
This video still scares me. It's a video of a project like One Paseo, showing the scale of the parking structures, and of the 6 story buildings that will be on the One Paseo Main Street:
Is this what we want? One Paseo, Carmel Valley, San Diego.
This is a Carmel Valley, San Diego blog. I really live here, I have for 20 years, and I'm scared to death that the developers are going to ruin our town.