In the literal, if not geographical, center of the city, Beaux Arts facades and dour gray buildings suggest an odd vanity in the otherwise homely Civic Center Plaza. I walked through the plaza back in February and was struck by the lifelessness in the landscape. Pollarded trees, like tumorous scarecrows, stood guard over the dismal [...]
Categories: Livable City,Omnivorous,The City
- Published:
- June 28, 2008 – 1:41 pm
- Author:
- By Zac
Only a couple years ago, Jessie St was a derelict side street with worn buildings literally disintegrating into the landscape. Over the past year that same street has transformed into Mint Plaza, a simple but urbane stent of sorts that aims to heal the disharmony between the druggy sclerosis of 6th and Mission and the [...]
Categories: Omnivorous,The City
- Published:
- January 29, 2008 – 12:00 am
- Author:
- By Zac