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  Public Art Gets Closer to Nature

  Julia Ramey | Wed, May 13th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Houston | Tags: san francisco, houston, indianapolis, the upper crust, george rickey, discovery green, light as air, san francisco arts commission, patrick dougherty, susan robb | 3

  In her ongoing arts/culture column, NAC Deputy Editor Julia Ramey zeroes in on three public art installations that rely on the environment to work their magic.

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• The Daily Report

  A Cesar Chavez Conundrum

  Jody Pollock | Wed, Apr 8th, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Portland | Tags: san francisco, jody pollock, portlant, cesar e. chavez boulevard committee, cesar chavez, gavin newsome, louisville | 3

  Portland residents are at odds over an effort to rename a city street after the famed labor organizer.

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  Is Rail the Future of California?

  Josh Leon | Mon, Dec 1st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, infrastructure, josh leon, traffic, sacramento, tokyo, high speed rail, new deal, bond measure, golden state | 0

  In the second of three pieces, NAC will explore the recent approval of a $10 billion bond measure to construct a high-speed rail link between Sacramento and San Diego. Holly Otterbein already voiced her thoughts here. Stay tuned tomorrow for Ben Adler’s take on it.

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• The Daily Report

  Transportation Policy in the Obama Administration?

  Ben Adler | Tue, Nov 25th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: san francisco, barack obama, transportation, new york, ben adler, janette sadik-khan, rep. earl blumenauer, rep. jim oberstar | 1

  Smart growth activists are eager to see a visionary appointment in the federal Transportation Department to shake up our car culture.

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• Headlines

  Meraki Offers Municipalities a $10,000 Deal

  Helen I. Hwang | Fri, Nov 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: san francisco, sanjit biswas, helen i. hwang, municipal wi-fi, plug-and-play technology, meraki | 2

  It’s a limited-time offer, as they say, for cities to get a municipal Wi-Fi start.

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• The Daily Report

  Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 22nd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: brian krier, parks, public space, green space, parking, land use, guerilla gardening, parking day | 4

  Between all the mammoth S.U.V.s, boxy minivans and compact cars, parallel parking in any city can be a nightmare. Come Sept. 19, drivers in cities around the world vying for curbside parking will also have to compete with potted plants, park benches and some clever environmental activists.

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• Headlines

  Event Recap: NAC in San Francisco + Haiku?

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, May 6th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: san francisco, downtown, building, pooja shah, michelle kuly, events, symposium, popos, spur, accessibility, swig | 0

  Last month, NAC’s Michelle Kuly and Pooja Shah visited San Francisco last month for the “Space in the City” symposium, subscriber cocktail party at Swig and EcoCity 2008 conference. Michelle even penned a thank you haiku to friends and supporters. More…

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• NAC News

  NAC In San Francisco This Week! Events, News and More.

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: jeffrey hill, san francisco, next american city, sustainability, pooja shah, michelle kuly, symposium, popos, ecocity, spur, swig, john bela, sarah karlinsky, joshua switzky, upcoming events, public spaces, margie o’driscoll | 0

  This week, Next American City travels to San Francisco, hosting the “Space in the City” symposium on Wednesday, and a subscriber cocktail party on Thursday.  We will also be attending the Ecocity World Summit from April 22 to 26, where NAC’s publisher, Michelle Kuly, will be moderating a panel on sustainability and cities. Read for more details.

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• The Daily Report

  Monika Thomas: San Francisco’s Professional Homeless Sex Talk Radio Host

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jan 9th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: San Francisco | Tags: jeffrey hill, san francisco, homeless, sex talk radio host, housesitting, sexploration with monika, monika thomas, sf guardian | 1

  A friend from college called me a few years ago, during one of the coldest winters in recent memory, to tell me about a brilliant scheme he was working on. He was talking about free flights to anywhere in the U.S., and that he needed fast-food trash to make it happen. It seems silly to me now, but these “brilliant schemes” were what made my college days exciting. One week later, we were collecting trash from Wendy’s at two in the morning—desperately searching for large soda cups while…

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  How to speak like San Francisco’s mayor: Drive the vague point home. Repeatedly.

  Matt Stroud | Tue, Oct 16th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | City: San Francisco | Tags: san francisco, gavin newsom, center for court innovation, midtown community courts | 0

  For our upcoming print edition (December 4th release), we’re constructing a synopsis of the debate over San Francisco’s proposed Collaborative Community Justice Center (CCJC). But gems like the one you’re about to read don’t fit into print, so we’ll share them on the web. The following block of text is a direct quote from Mayor Newsom when asked a fairly harmless background question. What did I expect, you ask? Not this:

  TNAC: Can you tel me a little about your goals with the CCJC? It’s…

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