This is really good. It's nice (and more educational) to read stories about how things can be fixed, not just how things went wrong.

'These spaces enshrined play as a means of not only strengthening communal ties but also affirming the community’s collective humanity...communal health begins with public spaces, particularly those devoted to inclusion and wellness.' nytimes.com/2023/08/02/opi…

I’m obsessed with a massive coast live oak in East Oakland, and went down a rabbit hole trying to uncover its history tinyurl.com/4t2bftdp

Not quite sure how to articulate this but: in the course of my work, I'm constantly encountering good people, people working hard to change the world for the better & improve other people's lives. In gov't, in nonprofits, in biz, they're all over the place. However ...

It’s hard to beat Club Fugazi, but watching Dear San Francisco from here certainly comes close.

I’m supportive of whatever management structure DPW needs for our public spaces to look like this:

Hellscape update

This was one of the wildest and most delightful meals I've ever had—all despite the food itself. I'm happy to see it return.

It also makes me wish that someone with 'infinity dollars' here would give this same treatment to the Castro Theater. Or the Avenue! Or the Alexandria!

This is good!

Also, while we're at it, if we're allowing non-retail uses in retail spaces now, how long before we bring back live/work, but this time in storefronts?

I try to mark this date every year, it’s one of my favorite stories of near disaster, a catastrophe that wasn’t:

The Richmond District of many dreams and nightmares.

Also, the future.

The new Slow Street pilot along the Wiggle is going well.

Writing about a specific city is a good way to write about all cities bc they all basically do the same bullshit. Worcester is just especially goofy about it and that makes it easy to see