Forget Red Hook as the next Williamsburg. We now proclaim Fresno to be the burgeoning "Billyburg of the West," what with the announcement of plans for "Broadway Row" -- the new revitalization project for downtown 'No complete with shopping, restaurants and (get this) HOUSING, including lofts. The most fascinating part of the Bee's story was this little nugget:

"The project will place significant amounts of new housing downtown for the first time since the 88-unit Huntington Condominiums were built in 1980 and the 220-unit Santa Fe Villa apartments in 1978 on the opposite side of downtown, where Huntington Boulevard crosses Freeway 41."

Fresnecks have been talking about "downtown revitalization" for as long as we've been alive, but we find it fascinating that no one has managed to convince a developer to build any significant housing downtown since 19-freaking-80. We now hold our breath.

It Still Only Buys You the New York Post: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today unveiled California's commemorative quarter, and it goes the "nature" route, featuring John Muir (who looks like he's chatting with a bird) and Yosemite's Half Dome.

Personally, I would have preferred these Fark nominees, including "Hotel California" and "Home of the Fat Jerry Lewis."