Op-Ed: Return Golden Gate Park to the People
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There's just too much parking and too many cars in San Francisco's main park
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Park Areas Under Central Freeway Downsized to Retain Caltrans Parking
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A plan to convert parking lots under the Central Freeway near Duboce and Valencia Streets into a skate park and dog run is moving forward, but it won’t include basketball courts or a children’s playground as originally envisioned by residents. Because the city will have to lease the land from Caltrans, which owns and collects […]
Rec and Parks Department Launches Park-to-Park Bike Rental System
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San Franciscans hungry for the arrival of a public bike-share system next spring can now get an appetizer with the launch of a new park-to-park bike rental concession linking popular recreational destinations throughout the city. “Parkwide,” a new bike rental company developed in collaboration with the Recreation and Parks Department, today announced the launch of five […]
“Tortured Path” of North Beach Library Project Comes to a Close
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Nearly two years after San Francisco reclaimed a short block of Mason Street in North Beach as a trial plaza, the SF Board of Supervisors yesterday approved the environmental impact report for the planned expansion of the North Beach Public Library. The unanimous vote came as a relief to the majority of neighbors and some […]
Golden Gate Park JFK Bikeway Project Delayed Until December 2011
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The expected construction of a physically-separated bikeway along a stretch of John F. Kennedy (JFK) Drive in Golden Gate Park will now come no sooner than December, according to a report from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA). “All parties involved in the project recognize that they underestimated the complexity of the planning and design […]
Technology and Impotence
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The BP oil spill goes on. And on. We watch the oil on live web cam pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. And we watch. Political rage is muted, practical responses even more distant. What to do? How do we “take action” on something like this? How can individuals meaningfully respond to this catastrophe? Stop driving? Boycott one brand of gas? Stop buying things made of plastic?