Subject: Urban Planning

• BetterKnowanSFBlog - Curbed SF

  January 29, 2008

• Snapshot: Guerilla Postering

  May 29, 2008

• Smash, the State

  June 3, 2009

• I Heart Street Art: Is It Art Or Is It Vandalism?

  So the minute I got this gig writing I Heart Street Art, the SFPD announced a major crackdown on graffiti, and suddenly everybody's asking me for the answer to the eternal question: How do you reconcile your appreciation for street art with the fact that it is vandalism?In the back of my mind, I guess I've always thought it had something to do with level of creativity. If somebody goes to the trouble of inventing a cute character like Girafa, and depicting the character in a variety of clever in

  March 24, 2009

• Eminently Logical

  Don't be too concerned with the originators of Proposition 98. instead, look at what they might deliver.

  May 28, 2008

• SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Message to Newsom: Quit Attacking Me!

  March 5, 2008

• Readers Respond to Article on SF's New Seismic Standards, or Lack Thereof

  January 9, 2008

• Eminent Changes

  A questionable proposition may dramatically inhibit the city's attempts to regulate growth

  August 23, 2006

• The Bayview Battler

  More than ready to take on politicians and redevelopers, Willie Ratcliff is in the most important fight of his life.

  July 5, 2006

• Not for Sale by Owner

  Visitacion Valley might have its dream transit village in a few years, if only Ingersoll-Rand will get out of the way

  March 8, 2006

• Progressive Failure

  Why San Francisco supervisors who call themselves progressives should get the boot in November

  August 4, 2004

• Museum Quality

  The new de Young Museum is an architectural marvel; its parking garage shows what's wrong with S.F. development policy

  April 28, 2004

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of December 17, 2003

  December 17, 2003

• Dumping Sophie

  On the heels of Gov. Davis' recall, angry constituents are trying to oust Supervisor Sophie Maxwell

  October 22, 2003

• Out With the New, In With the Old

  The fear of change has been an ongoing parable of San Francisco. The city needs a new parable.

  July 25, 2001

• Best New Neighborhood Park

  Woh Hei Yuen

  May 17, 2000

• Best San Francisco Geography Lesson

  Corona Heights

  May 17, 2000

• Best City Transportation Improvement

  Valencia Street Bike Lane

  May 17, 2000

• Trojan Horse

  In a city that loves to hate chain stores, plans for a new Pottery Barn in the Castro are scarcely raising a peep. The neighborhood may regret it.

  November 24, 1999

• Waterfront Developers' Ship Comes In

  Planning Commission gives up most authority over waterfront development

  October 29, 1997