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SPUR Forum: Putting Public Life Back Into Public Space
By Stan Parkford |
From SPUR: Public space should invite people from all walks of life to meet and spend time together, find peaceful respite, or enjoy being “alone together.” But why does our public realm often fail to bring us together? Gehl Architects and SF-based Gehl Studio draw on 50 years of Jan Gehl’s ethnographic research methodology to make places for people. Gehl explores […]
Mid-Market art walk
By Aaron Bialick |
From SPUR: Join SPUR’s Young Urbanists for this special evening tour. Amy Ress of Public Architecture and Judy Nemzoff from the San Francisco Arts Commission will lead a lively happy hour at Showdogs, followed by a walk through the burgeoning cultural arts district of Central Market Street. On foot, we will stop by Lights on Market […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
This week, get up to date on the city’s neighborhood plans, hear about the latest transit information for your cell phone, and find a Valentine who shares your love of bikes and chocolate. Here are the week’s highlights: Monday: SFBC Phone Banking. Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC: no cold calling, just simple reminders […]
SPUR SJ Forum: Taking it to the Streets
By Stan Parkford |
From SPUR: One year after the completion of the Downtown San Jose Street Life Plan, the San Jose Downtown Association has been leading numerous public realm improvements throughout the neighborhood. Come hear updates on implementation processes, learn about what will happen next and see the progress of select street life projects, from murals to art […]
SPUR: The Fundamentals of Urban Design
By Robert Prinz |
From SPUR: Image Credit: Flickr user donjd2 This event will take place in San Jose. Ever look at San Jose from an urban design perspective? Join Brigitte Williams and Jeff Berg, associate principals at Steinberg Associates, and Benjamin Grant, SPUR’s public realm and urban design program manager, for a walking tour of downtown San Jose to learn about the city’s successful, […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Plans for a New Public Realm: Improving our parks, streets and plazas
By Valerie Carrasco |
"In the last few years, the San Francisco Planning Department has worked with communities to develop plans that rethink neighborhood parks, streets and plazas and how they are built and managed. These include the Better Neighborhoods Plans, the Mission Streetscape Plan, the Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan, Jefferson Street Redesign and the Showplace Square Open […]