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Taking Shape: San Diego’s Built City

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A CAST-owned journal examines San Diego architecture, neighborhoods, development and public space.

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For: San Diego residents and architecture-minded visitors
Worth noticing: Its 17-stop guide spans five regions, while development profiles distinguish proposals from completed projects and note review or construction status.

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The homepage sorts material into Architecture, Development and Neighborhoods, with story previews that connect design details to practical visiting context. Its development section gives project-specific status distinctions: East Village Green is described as phased with an opening unverified, while the Seaport Village proposal is identified as being in environmental review.

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