SPUR

How much more water can the Bay Area conserve?

City Visions — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:41:00 +0000

Advocates say that by mid-century the Bay Area will not have enough water to meet its needs without increasing supply or curbing demand. What more can local agencies and consumers do to conserve water, and can conservation alone help us avoid extreme water scarcity? Is water too cheap? What will it take to convince us all to adopt more water-efficient practices?

Revitalizing Market Street: Can the city's multi-dimensional effort create lasting change?

City Visions — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:54:25 +0000

For the last twenty years, San Francisco city leaders have promised to address the long-standing challenges facing the Mid Market Street neighborhood, but nothing has really changed.Now, San Francisco is taking a fresh approach to revitalizing Mid Market Street that includes attracting tech businesses and actively reaching out to arts organizations, community groups and residents to create a new vision for this diverse neighborhood.

The history of green space in San Francisco

Ali Budner — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Benjamin Grant is the Public Realm and Urban Design program manager at the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association – also known as SPUR. He says that means he works on “public space and the physical form of the city.” He also knows quite a bit about the history of parks in the Bay Area.