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  • Issue 487: SEA LEVEL RISE
    November/December 2009

    Letter: Waterworld
    News: New strategy for economic development, Reducing emissions, SF Lifelines
    Featured Article: Sea level rise and the future of the Bay Area (Laura Tam)
    Urban Drift: High-speed rail in Russia, Tunnel dwellers, “Earth Overshoot Day”
    Urban Field Notes: Seven Art Deco treasures in Oakland’s city center (Ruth Keffer)
    Member Profile: Jean Shia
  • Issue 486: 2009 VOTER GUIDE
    October 2009

    Letter: Budget reform on the November ballot
    News: “Yes on A,” Transbay funds threatened, Potrero power plant closes
    SPUR Report: Ballot Analysis
    Urban Drift: Sun Belt cities, Streetlights, Buying employees bikes
    Urban Field Notes: Six spots in the Mission to track the traces of trains (Mark Hogan)
    Member Profile: Linda Jo Fitz
  • Issue 485: JOB SPRAWL AND THE NEW SUBURBIA
    September 2009

    Letter: An update on the megaregion
    News: Stimulus funds for high-speed rail, Focused growth in the Mission, Geary BRT, BCDC, Wind power
    Featured Article: Job sprawl in the megaregion (Egon Terplan)
    Urban Drift: Cheap gas, 7-Eleven, Bicycles and the homeless, Concrete
    Urban Field Notes: Some in-between spaces where homeless go home (Someguy)
    Member Profile: Benjamin Grant
  • Issue 484: HOUSING IN THE DOWNTURN
    August 2009

    Letter: Beyond good and bad
    News: SPUR launches climate adaptation, City budget update
    Featured Articles: The Bay Area housing market (Chris Meany and Kim Havens), Financing affordable rental housing (Matt Schwartz)
    Urban Drift: “Smart decline,” Amsterdam bike city, Little homes
    Urban Field Notes: Six haikus about SF’s renegade buildings (David Prowler)
    Member Profile: Mark Gomez
  • Issue 483: SPUR URBAN CENTER GRAND OPENING ISSUE
    June/July 2009

    Letter: Welcome to the Urban Center
    Featured Articles: Agents of Change (Ben Grant); Progress intentionally planned (Peter Allen), Reflections on preservation: How the past became the future (Sally Woodbridge), City of plans (City of experiences) in history (Jeannene Przyblyski), The ironies of history (Gabriel Metcalf), Planning in pieces (Mitchell Schwarzer)

  • Issue 482: 42 OPTIONS TO REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING
    May 2009

    Letter: Breaking through the gloom
    News: Historic preservation measure, Stimulus funds for Transbay, Regional food production
    SPUR Report: Critical Cooling
    Urban Drift: Freeways and subways in China, Charging for accidents, Cul-de-sacs
    Urban Field Notes: Five art-filled antidotes to SF’s urban patchwork (Jim Jacobs)
    Member Profile: Alicia Esterkamp
  • Issue 481: 2008-2009 ANNUAL REPORT
    April 2009

    Letter: SPUR turns 50
    News: SPUR tackles SB 375, earns seat on Mayor’s Green Building Council, Doyle Drive funding gab closed
    Featured Article: SPUR program updates
    Urban Drift: Revisiting the New Deal, Prince Charles in Mumbai, Ant traffic jams
    Urban Field Notes: 6 sample swatches from SF’s urban quilt (Plug1)
    Member Profile: Matthew Zapruder
  • Issue 480: MAKING DOWNTOWN WORK
    March 2009

    Letter: Bringing work back to the city
    News: SPUR leads on the economy, Trainbox for Transbay, City open space plan SPUR Report: The Future of Downtown
    Urban Drift: Seeing red over green, Phoenix falling, Unsafe in the suburbs
    Urban Field Notes: 7 wonders of Pier 70’s shipyard (Ruth Keffer)
    Member Profile: Brian Stokle