The July SPUR Transportation Committee meeting is canceled. SPUR's transportation committee advocates for a wide range of transportation initiativ...

Although the Bay Area's industrial economy boomed during the military-based shipbuilding days of WWII, its role as an industrial center began much ear...

In the 1980s, edge cities pulled jobs from the central cities and remade the suburbs as car-oriented employment centers. Today, those edge cities are ...

The Bay Area leads the nation in open space preservation near its urban core. But the region sits next to the country's most threatened farmland and t...

As individuals, institutions and governments struggle with the implications of global warming and climate change, we are faced with a dizzying array o...

Addresses issues related to local and regional climate policy, green buildings, waste and water infrastructure, energy policy and more. Contact Laura ...

The Project Review Committee looks at proposals for individual buildings, evaluating their potential to enhance the vitality of city life in San Fran...

Modernist planners and architects sought to address substandard housing conditions and provide light, air and green space through urban planning and d...

Modernism was defined by a faith in the transformative capacity of expertise. Organizations like CIAM and Telesis produced manifestos and visionary sc...

From the creation of the Federal Housing Administration in 1934 through the HOPE VI program of the last decade, federal housing legislation has had a ...

As individuals, institutions and governments struggle with the implications of global warming and climate change, we are faced with a dizzying array o...

Labor strife and class conflict characterized much of San Francisco's early history. But the post-war period saw the emergence of pro-growth coalition...

John Kriken of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill leads a tour of some of the most distinctive and emblematic examples of Modernist architecture and urban...

Urban renewal, the result of top-down planning by government entities with extraordinary land use powers, left deep political and physical scars in Sa...

As individuals, institutions and governments struggle with the implications of global warming and climate change, we are faced with a dizzying array o...