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San Francisco Chronicle’s John King’s Cityscape

February 16, 2010 – 8:13 am

While reading a recent article about San Francisco’s (promising but obtuse) upcoming legislation to use vacant lots for art and pop up gardens, I discovered John King. He’s The SF Chronicle’s “Urban Design Writer,” and his articles demonstrate some darned good taste in urbanism and culture.
Particularly relevant to Scenic Routers is Mr. King’s Cityscape, which [...]

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SPUR – Making Better Streets

February 15, 2010 – 3:47 pm

Gabe and I recently joined SPUR – San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. It only costs $55 to be a “Young Urbanist,” and it’s worth every penny. They have a really nice, informative print publication which also goes out via email. But the best part is the free or reduced cost access to events [...]

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SF Thomassons Performance Bus Tour

January 27, 2010 – 5:16 pm

“In the seventies, Japanese conceptual artist and writer Akasegawa Genpei and his buddies discovered “hyperart,” unintentional art created by the city itself. Everywhere they saw urban objects and structures that had had a use in the past, but were now useless … yet someone was still maintaining them, not removing them. Akasegawa named these objects [...]

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