Category Archives: Livable City

Safe, walkable neighborhoods
Sustainable urban planning
Reliable transportation alternatives
Open spaces
Local and sustainable food sources

The Suburban Wilderness 0

Well, the experiment is finally over, though our “Year of Living Abroad” didn’t even last a year.  We moved back to SF two weeks ago, weary, like urban anemics, for the invigorating air of a city, even a small one. Maybe it speaks poorly of us, or maybe there is something in our DNA that [...]

Renewed Spaces 0

Though it is spartan, even strangely adorned with vehicular impedimenta, I find this space very beautiful. It’s the drill court at the Armory, an incongruous building at 14th and Mission in a city that seems to celebrate such architectural discord.

The moorish castle-inspired building was originally built as a National Guard facility in 1914. It was [...]