Tagged: Urban planning
On a Year Commuting by Train and Bike
For over a year, I have been commuting by train and bike from my home in Santa Rosa to South Marin County. This change in how I get to and from work has allowed for reflection on what it means to construct livability in our towns and cities.
San Francisco’s Housing Crisis, Exactly as Planned
Plenty of discussion has centered around the California housing situation, especially the prices and lack of availability in the bay area since the tech explosion brought enormous wealth to one of America’s most unique cities, San Francisco. “Demolishing the California Dream: How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis” by Hunter Oatman-Stanford is a detailed examination of the history of that great city, and how it came to be the go-to example of the modern housing debate.
“Classical” Thoughts on Solving Urban Planning
The growth of cities is a never-ending debate. Clive Aslet argues that a least some thought-if not outright guidance-of this newest version of an old problem should be have a place for “a constant—indeed inevitable—theme of classical architecture”; the classical revival.
