CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 21, 1998 | LINDSEY M. ARENT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
"I hope they'll come in droves," said Scott Beck, nodding his head toward the giant buildings in the lot just east of the tanning salon he manages. "We'd have them in and out in 15 to 20 minutes. They can come in on their lunch breaks."
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 17, 1998 | ALAN ABRAHAMSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Manhattan Beach, a slice of yuppie heaven in the South Bay that's populated with a plethora of lawyers, doctors and investment bankers, demand for cellular phone service is--and this is a bit of an understatement--quite high. On the other hand, desire for a 125-foot-high cellular relay tower in a residential neighborhood is--and this is being most generous--quite low.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 14, 1998
City officials are planning to turn the northern half of the old Metlox Potteries site in downtown Manhattan Beach into a temporary parking lot in time for the summer parking crunch. The city completed the purchase of the property in January and has not decided what to do with it yet. City officials said the temporary parking lot will generate money for the city until a decision has been made on what to do with it.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 11, 1998
The city plans to spend $700,000 to refurbish the Strand, replacing corroded light fixtures and poles, cracked sidewalks and damaged retaining walls and drains. Public works Director Neil Miller said the first priority will be to remove the 30-year-old lighting fixtures on the two-mile beach path that runs through Manhattan Beach. He said that 80% of the 136 fixtures and poles have suffered from weather damage over the years.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 8, 1998
City officials have proposed building a temporary parking lot on the northern half of a former pottery factory to help ease a parking shortage while the city decides how to develop the land. The city completed the purchase of the former Metlox Potteries property at Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Valley Drive in February and officials have not decided what will be built there. City officials have proposed creating a 150-stall parking lot with meters until a development plan is ready.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 10, 1998
In an attempt to exercise more control over the manner in which downtown Manhattan Beach is developed, the city has purchased the remaining portion of the former Metlox pottery site--the last large piece of undeveloped property in downtown. The City Council voted to purchase the 66,000-square-foot northern half of the property for $3.1 million. The city bought the 63,000-square-foot southern parcel for $2.3 million last summer. The parcel has been vacant since Metlox declared bankruptcy in 1989.