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SFBC Treehouse Talk: Biking Book Club
By Valerie Carrasco |
"Interested in reading bike and transportation books and engaging in robust discussions with other friendly folks? Join this Treehouse Talk and official launch of our new book club. Come to the meeting with ideas for great books to read. We will meet and start a reading list of our favorite books like Traffic, the Parking […]
SFBC Treehouse Talk: Biking Book Club
By Abigail Shull |
"Interested in reading bike and transportation books and engaging in robust discussions with other friendly folks? We will be discussing our recent picks: Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt, and two optional books: Calvin Trillian’s Tepper Isn’t Going Out and David Byrnes’ Bicycle Diaries. If you didn’t make the first […]
SF Bicycle Coalition Rec Ride: Halloween Comic Book Tour
By Aaron Bialick |
From SFBC: San Francisco has a grand tradition of dressing up for Halloween, and an even longer tradition of supporting comic books, from the seminal underground movement in the ’60s to the modern Wonder-Con comic book convention. This Rec Ride mashes the two up as it tours the internationally famous SF comic book scene. Costumes […]
SFBC Rec Ride: Bike the Book – A Literary Tour
By Abigail Shull |
"Bike the book Stories for Airports. Join the author and SF Bicycle Coalition member Judy B. on a tour of five scenes from the book, during which she will read selections and explain how various locations inspired the fiction."
Talking Headways Podcast: Cities on a Hill
By Jeff Wood |
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Francis Fitzgerald joins the podcast this week to talk about her 1986 book, Cities on a Hill. We discuss the different “visionary” communities described in the book, including Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, San Francisco’s Castro district, Sun City retirement communities, and Jerry Falwell’s moral majority in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Port City: The history and transformation of SF’s waterfront
By Aaron Bialick |
From SPUR: Representatives from San Francisco Architectural Heritage will present the group’s new book, Port City. The book’s author, Michael Corbett, will discuss the rich history of the port and its role in shaping San Francisco. Heritage Executive Director Mike Buhler will detail the transformation of the waterfront and the current context of its redevelopment, including what lies […]