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Signs are everywhere.
Trendy Main Street and Montana Avenue. The reopened and redeveloping Santa Monica Pier. And especially the Third Street Promenade, which went from blighted to bloated with customers almost overnight. Now the forces of change want to remake the Civic Center, a part of the city that looks as though it's stuck in a 1950s time warp. And next Tuesday, Santa Monica voters will pass judgment on the proposal.