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Justin Flynn et al, December 2, 2020. Despite the pandemic, a class of 14 urban planning graduate students at San José State University spent the fall 2020 semester helping to survey, revitalize, and activate the city’s downtown linear park, a critical civic asset.
Activating the Civic Commons in San Jose’s Guadalupe River Park Read More »
By Tom Ravenscroft, DeZeen, October 13, 2020. The master architect believes that trends of change were already in motion before the pandemic.
Norman Foster says Covid-19 won’t change our cities Read More »
By Derek Robertson, The Guardian, October 12, 2020. The phenomenon of temporarily reclaiming city streets for pedestrians has swept the world’s cities.
What do Oakland, Vilnius, and Rotterdam have in common? Read More »
By Victoria Song, Gizmodo, October 9, 2020. It remains to be seen how the local San José community feels about it.
Google presents bold vision for downtown San Jose campus Read More »
By Alexei Koseff, The San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 2020. The order also includes directives to streamline land restoration and promote biodiversity.
Executive order directs California to conserve land, coasts Read More »
By Bridgette Watson, CBC News, October 7, 2020. Cash given directly to a select group of Vancouver-area homeless residents improved near-term outcomes.
New research: British Columbia shelter system tests homeless stipend Read More »
By Fiona Kelliher and Nico Savidge, The Mercury News, October 6, 2020. The metric attempts to address the pandemic’s disparate impact on California’s Black, Latinx, and Pacific Islander residents.
Four Bay Area counties fail equity requirement for reopening Read More »
By Conor Dougherty, The New York Times, October 5, 2020. Residents and leaders are rethinking where and how the state will grow.
Pandemic and wildfires challenge California’s economy Read More »
By Elisabetta Povoledo, The New York Times, October 3, 2020. A newly operable network of long-planned floodgates mitigates some effects of climate change.
Floodgates in Venice work in first major test Read More »
