"We're watching it on the bus, the Tube, the plane. We're watching it in libraries. We're watching it during the day at work, or at home when we're supposed to be working."
Steaming piles of abandoned dog poo littering our parks and boisterous dogs off the lead everywhere - it's a certain cohort of lazy and selfish dog owners that give them all a bad name.
The Gowanus as an ecosystem and as a neighborhood is so interesting because it is being remade at a systemic level in so many different ways over a relatively short period of time for an urban area.
GLL's decision to cancel its music licence and play royalty-free songs from the Power Music app has sparked outrage among instructors and gym members, who feel it is killing the energy in workouts.
RootStudio proposes an alternative, where the waiting period becomes a spatial condition worthy of design attention. Each intervention is organized around a continuous roof supported by a rhythmic structural frame. The canopy provides shade and shelter from rain while defining a perimeter for waiting without enclosing it. The architecture reads as a measured gesture within an intense urban setting.
My local Target was the first place I noticed the shift. One day, a few years ago, a sign appeared: red text on white paper announcing that no one under 18 would be allowed in without an adult. Before the poster, every weekday afternoon, clots of teens would move through the arteries of the store, occasionally blocking them. The kids would laugh among themselves, swatch makeup on their arms, peruse the candy offerings.
During the Great Depression, the New Deal put millions of Americans to work building parks, schools, bridges, housing, murals, and civic spaces that continue to serve the public nearly a century later. KALW and Living New Dealinvite you to an evening exploring the lasting imprints of this ambitious era here in the Bay Area. Through film screenings and a community conversation led by Sheryl Kaskowitz, creator of The Public Works,
The changes will create two clearly defined zones: a Park Zone on the west side and a Multi-Use Zone on the east side. The Park Zone will be calm, designed for walking, yoga, play, and picnics. Non-motorized bikes will be welcome if ridden by children. The Multi-Use Zone will accommodate cyclists, runners, walkers, and e-bikes. Users will be guided to keep to their right side to create predictable movement. Pedestrians will always have the right of way at crosswalks.
The Greater Greenways plan aims to expand bike and pedestrian pathways, increasing public access to parks and waterfronts citywide, targeting gaps in the existing network.
The overwhelming condition of public litter baskets in various neighborhoods is raising concerns about cleanliness as overflowing trash spills onto streets and sidewalks.
