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Let’s Get Serious About Playtime! 17 Apr 2013 | 01:03 am
For as long as there’s been kids, there’s been somebody playing outside. Then cars came along and things got complicated. Solutions, please? Here’s one approach in Bristol, England, where they call it...
Billboards: Ugly, and Expensive Too. 17 Oct 2012 | 01:54 am
We’ve always known that billboards tarnish the aesthetic beauty of San Francisco, but now we know that they also depress property values. That’s why SFB led the charge to ban new billboards in 2002, a...
UP yours 17 Aug 2012 | 03:48 am
We’re getting in on some hot design action hosted by the cool kids at Grey Area Foundation for the Arts and Intersection for the Arts – UP:SF. Urban Prototyping for the city. “What is this?”, you ask....
Too far. 11 Aug 2012 | 10:47 am
“How far would you go?” LiveLovely.com, an apartment-hunting site, pissed off SF this week by stealing tweets and then (probably) posting them illegally around the City. The idea was to create a buzz ...
Trash Talking 7 Jul 2012 | 02:03 am
Apparently, we’re slobs. Dolores Park and Fort Mason were overwhelmed this week with the leavings of our celebration of national independence. The 320 cubic yards (about 9,600 gallons) of trash is...
Getting in on the ground floor with Twitter 13 Jun 2012 | 01:42 am
Twitter moved into their new digs on Market over the weekend, and the beautiful “art deco palace” is at 90% of capacity….except the ground floor retail. We’re excited about this development on Market...
Billboard Busting 25 May 2012 | 06:26 am
Yay, we were on the news! CBS 5 news reporter, Linda Yee covers our recent suit to stop the “special deal” that the City granted to an illegal billboard operator in San Francisco. Watch the video. D...
Little Advantages 22 May 2012 | 10:05 am
“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.” – Benjamin Franklin I came across this little gem this mornin...
