December 2008
40 posts
“There are more pools right now than I could possibly skate,” Mr. Morgan said....”
– Skaters Jump In as Foreclosures Drain the Pool - NYTimes.com
Now that’s what I call adaptive reuse!
Hello Portland transit enthusiasts!
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Commenter Adron recently linked me on his transit-geekery blog (love the stuff.) If I had a blogroll, you’d totally be on it, sir.
The Prop J Chronicles: a post-election progress...
For the few people (there have been a few, OKAY!?) who have asked me what the progress toward an independent Historic Preservation Commission has been since the Nov 4 passage of Proposition J, I’ll do a progress report every so often with what I know. Which isn’t really expert level or anything; like any other nuanced aspect of urban policy, it’s a tight-knit field of insiders...
“Little Drummer Boy” - Dandy Warhols
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“Both the uniqueness and the integrity of the artifact are in jeopardy because,...”
– James Marston Fitch
“But the instant the criterion of authenticity ceases to be applicable to...”
– Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (1936) (via syntheticpubes)
I like this. It’s in the same vein as one of my favorite quotes, too. Said quote to be posted straightaway. Forthwith.
“it’s not that public buildings can’t occasionally flaunt convention,...”
– Witold Rybczynski hates the new SF Federal Building almost as much as I do, in Slate.
This is old, but I was reminded of it recently by an out-of-town friend remarking on the building. There’s no excuse for naked concrete walls on an urban street frontage. This is 21st-century San Francisco,...
Kind of like Sinterklaas in reverse. On bikes.... →
Making coffee at home instead of buying by the cup...
For me. I mean, you do whatever makes you feel superior. But inevitably, every time I waste precious morning minutes firing up the kettle to brew my Dean & Deluca grounds in the Bodum with the Swedish gold filter and stirring in just the right mix of agave nectar and soy milk, I’m in such a rush to make up the time that I forget the goddamn sippy cup on the counter anyway. Then I have to...
This is GOOP. It is Gwyneth Paltrow's blog. Again,... →
mrpenguino:
Super helpful everyday tips for assholes with unlimited amounts of both time and money!
I seriously can’t stand this bitch.
People who hate Muni just don't understand their...
This morning’s commute featured a not-unusual inbound delay at Van Ness on the Muni Metro lines. For the N-Judah and J-Church commuters, this meant sitting above ground at Duboce and Church for several minutes. Our train operator was kind enough to warn us of the delay via PA system (something which, admittedly, they don’t always do) but it didn’t really assuage the pervasive...
“It’d be great if we were planning and consolidating trips, car pooling,...”
– Lance Mannion
Yeah.
Op-Ed Columnist - Obama’s ‘Secretary of Food’? -... →
mrpenguino:
NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s great column in yesterday’s paper in which he writes about Prop 2 and the Obama administration’s potential to change USDA.
Hope! Change! Etc!
Yes, please.
“The proposed Central Subway project that calls for running light-rail service...”
– SAN FRANCISCO / Central Subway given feds’ green light
Booya.
Urbanist Lego Sets →
fuh-RESH!
juliemakesupwords:
sufjanssteven:
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“This is the California where it is possible to live and die without ever eating...”
– Joan Didion - Life Styles in the Golden Land
In all the swirl and hubbub over Prop 8, I was having a hard time articulating why I didn’t have much faith in the “state of California” as some kind of progressive stronghold. I found it, perfectly articulated, in this 1966 essay by...
Want.
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Starting my “2008: the year in review”!
drned:
Vince Guaraldi Trio “Linus & Lucy”
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“Don’t assume that the energy efficient operations of that new green...”
– Preserving Buildings Helps Preserve the Planet | Planetizen
I’m back from vacation and back it at it!