Category Archives: Livable City

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

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 [...]

Urban Spaces 1

There’s nothing like a balmy day in the city to make you appreciate green open spaces.  The concrete, asphalt and brick radiate such concentrated heat that it sends me running for any kind of shade like a lizard in this urban desert.  The monochromatic matrix of roads and large buildings downtown reserve minimal space for [...]