Parklets: Reclaiming dead urban space
The City of San Francisco, California is in the process of implementing an innovative program called Pavement to Parks. In several locations across the City, Planners have teamed up with local neighborhood groups and advocacy organizations to turn unused or under-used urban space into “green spaces”.
Economic Activism
San Francisco, California – On Tuesday April 20th, I attended an event hosted by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) titled Doing Good through Economic Activism. The event was geared towards SPUR’s “Young Urbanist” membership population – members under 40. Featured were three innovative companies each using capitalism for social good.
A Museum Visit at the Airport
At the airport? Why not check out the latest exhibit? That’s right, the San Francisco International Airport is the only airport in the U.S. with a museum program accredited by the American Association of Museums. Exhibits are scattered through various terminals and change several times a month. At the moment, travelers can see 18th-century porcelain [...]
Common Sense Air Sensors
Berkeley, California–Researchers at Intel Research and UC Berkeley have been experimenting with mobile air sensors in California in an effort to map air quality in the bay area. We’ve written about similar efforts before, namely the effort to map air quality with Sensaris sensors in Copenhagen (check out the live feed on the Copenahagen Layer [...]
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