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Urban Planning

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Octavia Boulevard Is Devouring Upper Market

    Matt SmithLet them wait in the traffic they created, for heaven's sake.​Billed as a "livable" alternative to the freeway offramp that once shadowed Market Street, Octavia Boulevard has, in reality, been a confusing, deadly grid of expressways and frontage streets.Accidents are plentiful along Octa ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2011

    How Chris Daly saved San Francisco from a bad America's Cup deal

    Matt SmithLet them wait in the traffic they created, for heaven's sake.​Billed as a "livable" alternative to the freeway offramp that once shadowed Market Street, Octavia Boulevard has, in reality, been a confusing, deadly grid of expressways and frontage streets.Accidents are plentiful along Octa ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 19, 2009

    "ThankYouGoodbye"

    Matt SmithLet them wait in the traffic they created, for heaven's sake.​Billed as a "livable" alternative to the freeway offramp that once shadowed Market Street, Octavia Boulevard has, in reality, been a confusing, deadly grid of expressways and frontage streets.Accidents are plentiful along Octa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    Smash, the State

    Matt SmithLet them wait in the traffic they created, for heaven's sake.​Billed as a "livable" alternative to the freeway offramp that once shadowed Market Street, Octavia Boulevard has, in reality, been a confusing, deadly grid of expressways and frontage streets.Accidents are plentiful along Octa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 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 gue ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2008

    Dead Again

    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 gue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    Snapshot: Guerilla Postering

    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 gue ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2008

    Eminently Logical

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

  • News

    March 5, 2008

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

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

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    BetterKnowanSFBlog - Curbed SF

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

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Imagination Is Funny

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

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Imagination Is Funny

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

  • News

    January 9, 2008

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

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

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    Eminent Changes

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

  • News

    July 5, 2006

    The Bayview Battler

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

  • News

    March 8, 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

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Progressive Failure

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

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    Museum Quality

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

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of December 17, 2003

  • News

    October 22, 2003

    Dumping Sophie

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

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    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.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000
  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000
  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best City Transportation Improvement

    Valencia Street Bike Lane

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    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.

  • News

    October 29, 1997

    Waterfront Developers' Ship Comes In

    Planning Commission gives up most authority over waterfront development

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