Issue 545

Walking in San Francisco

Walking in San Francisco

The city may only cover 49 square miles but the pedestrian possibilities are endless.

Block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, planners, writers, designers, dreamers, an L.A. expat and the manager of the Giants, among others, share the walks that make San Francisco their city.

Urban Field Notes: Exploring Detroit

A compelling, and by no means comprehensive, glimpse at a city in transition.

Few cities are as mythologized or as misunderstood as Detroit. So when I had the opportunity to visit recently as an attendee at a vacant properties conference this past May, I was eager to see the Motor City for myself.

Member Profile: Dan Schulman

A new urban planner describes how the freedom afforded by a Metrocard helped inspire his choice of profession.

A new urban planner describes how the freedom afforded by a Metrocard helped inspire his choice of profession.