By THOMAS SCHULTZ
NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
October 10, 2001
It was a decade ago that developer Bill Levy and his team conceived their plan to redevelop portions of three blocks
along lower State Street with housing and new retail shops.
By 1998, the proposal was dubbed Entrada de Santa Barbara and included mostly two- and three-story buildings with
time-share condos.
Civic leaders requested walkways, more open space and other changes that brought about a scaled-back redesign in
1999, and the Santa Barbara Planning Commission and City Council subsequently approved the project.
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