Northern News archives
July/August 2015
Good news and bad for SF housing and commercial markets. Nina J. Gruen. The City’s amenities attract boomers and highly skilled millennials, but housing supply and availability woefully lag demand. Page 1 Adeline Corridor pop-up event highlights public participation. Kim Ngoc Le. Workshops and tours identified issues important to residents. Page 6 Collaborative…
June 2015
Planning grad in the working world. James Castañeda, AICP. Advice to emerging professionals getting ready to be planners in the real world. Page 1 Community shapes Urban Village concept with asset-based design. Jaime Scott Guthrie, Steve Le, and Todd Kubiak. Planning approach by graduate students sets three San José neighborhoods on a path to a…
May 2015
My Oakland. Erika J. Sawyer, AICP, interviews Oakland resident and researcher Meera Velu. Seventh in a series in advance of the 2015 APA California Planning Conference in Oakland. Page 1 Director’s note. Andrea Ouse, AICP. Awards Gala May 15; fall conference update; regional events. Page 3 Where in the world? Photo by Marybeth Harasz, AICP….
April 2015
The Devil’s Slide Trail. Jonathan Berlin. How a state highway became a scenic paradise. Page 1 Who’s where. Veronica Flores, Thalia Leng, AICP, and Amit Price Patel. Page 5 Meet a local planner. Sian Llewellyn, FAICP, interviews Victoria Walker, Director, Community and Economic Development, Concord. Page 6 ACCESS magazine available. New emphasis on economic competitiveness in transportation. Page 11 Where in…
March 2015
My Oakland. Erika Sawyer, AICP, interviews Elizabeth Greene, AICP. Page 1 Director’s note, Andrea Ouse, AICP. P 3 Seattle grits its way through tunnel project. Josh Cohen, Next City. Will other cities will look to Bertha-like megaprojects that run over budget and reconsider plans to be the biggest and boldest? Page 5 Who’s where. Carmela Campbell, AICP; Dionne…
February 2015
Why do we love City Planning? David Hogan, AICP. Contestants reply. Page 1 How much Public Space does a city need? Greg Scruggs, Next City. When we think about public space, we overlook the largest single public space asset in any city’s rolls: streets. Page 7 2015 APA Northern Section awards. Enter nominations by March 5…
December 2014–January 2015
10 Great Novels every urbanist should read, Anna Clark. Selected fiction: failures and possibilities of city planning. Page 1 Plan-it sustainably, Scott T. Edmondson, AICP. APA’s new Sustainability Champion program. Page 4 Boomers, Millennials, and changing demographics. Melissa Ruhl reports on SJSU symposium: the sharing economy, transportation, and housing. Page…
November 2014
Latino Vernacular, James Rojas. Cultural values are transforming our streets. P. 1 Meet a local planner, Siân Llewellyn, AICP, interviews Hing Wong, AICP. Page 4 2014 APA Holiday Party, Nov. 21, Bluestem Brasserie, San Francisco. Page 8 Northern Section Board elections in Nov. Brief candidate statements. Page 10 Oakland wants you! Call for presenta-tions, panelists, moderators, and…
October 2014
Big changes on horizon for traffic impact analysis under CEQA. Stephen E. Velyvis and Amy E. Hoyt, Page 1 Where in the world. Hugh Graham, P. 3 My Oakland. Erika J. Sawyer, AICP, interviews Mike Rivera, Page 7 Japan’s Bullet Train turns 50. Cameron Allen McKean, NEXT CITY. World’s first high-speed rail network remains the gold standard in…
September 2014
Around the Bay in 500 miles. Jonathan Berlin, recipient, Northern News Silver Pen Award. The San Francisco Bay Trail, 25 years old and a planning landmark. Page 1 Plan-it sustainably. Scott T. Edmondson, AICP. SF experiments with new visualization tools. Page 7 Five from area receive State APA awards. Page 9 Downtown San Jose is becoming…