SPUR Lunchtime Forum: At the border of city and sea: New public landscapes for coastal cities

From SPUR:
Designing public landscapes in coastal settings presents unique challenges and spectacular opportunities. AECOM principals Alma DuSolier and James Haig Streeter, who are serving as consultants for SPUR on the Ocean Beach Master Plan, will present innovative recent work in Los Angeles and Blackpool, England. Hear how landscape designers engage the overlapping layers of ecology, climate, history and urbanism at the border of city and sea — and what lessons their recent projects in other cities hold for our own effort to turn Ocean Beach into San Francisco’s next great public open space

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The Future of Sharp Park

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SPUR Summer movie series: Manufactured Landscapes

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From SPUR: Manufactured Landscapes (2006) features the work of internationally renowned artist Edward Burtynsky, whose large-scale photographs of quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams create art from civilization’s materials and debris. The film follows Burtynsky through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution. This event is generously […]

SPUR Forum: The Shaping of Ocean Beach

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From SPUR: A series of dramatic storms last winter caused the severe erosion of bluffs at Ocean Beach, threatening critical infrastructure. What’s the future for Ocean Beach? Learn about the hidden physical processes shaping the area, and the far-reaching implications for coastal zone and climate adaptation planning from coastal engineer Bob Battalio of PWA Engineers. Hear […]

SPUR Ocean Beach Master Plan Open House

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From SPUR: Open House on Ocean Beach Master Plan Implementation Projects When: Saturday May 10, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (drop in for brief presentations noted below) Where: County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park (near Lincoln Way and 9th Ave) map Join SPUR, partner agencies, community leaders and consultant teams for an update on projects to implement the […]

SPUR Forum: Open Space Design at Ocean Beach

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From SPUR: How is the Ocean Beach Master Plan being implemented and what will it impact? In the third program in this three-part series, we’ll learn how a decommissioning of two lanes of the Great Highway will provide opportunities to improve public access with a coastal trail and other amenities designed to adapt to an […]