@smallspace

I write about buildings, landscape, other stuff. Recommend car-free local vacations--you get some adventure and you don't have to stress about parking.

 Menlo Park, CA
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Happy @ArborDay! Here’s @smallspace with advice from @JoeySantore and @SFUrbanForester on how to make the most of it. sc.org/36Pbe6S

How to Plant a Tree This Arbor Day

More trees, please

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“This is a very precarious moment, where we’re seeing more property listings in the past three months than anyone can remember. It’s opening the doors to real estate speculators” -Malcolm Yeung, executive director @smallspace @AltaJournal @apicouncil altaonline.com/dispatches/a3… (1/4)
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Car ads in France are now required to add 1 of 3 warnings: Consider carpooling; For day-to-day use, take public transportation; For short trips, opt for walking or cycling. Msg must include hashtag #SeDeplacerMoinsPolluer (Move yourself & Pollute Less) amp.france24.com/en/europe/2…
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for ⁦@archpaper⁩ I wrote about architectural criticism archpaper.com/2021/11/opinio…
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Finally watching Shang-Chi, here as a bus operator to rate the SFT transit factors of The Bus Scene:
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Infrastructure is racist. I love @ellmcgirt 's newsletters and this one was a particular standout to me because it's a great reminder of how invisible acts have large consequences. ow.ly/7UfB50GL3JZ
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So if you follow the money, as much as 75% of our carbon emissions should be considered Built Environment Emissions. Cars and Buildings, 2 sides of same coin.
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Billie Tsien’s understandable desire to erase Hudson Yards is getting all the attention, but the whole interview is pretty great. curbed.com/2021/10/21-questi…

Billie Tsien Dares You to Eat a PB&J at Hudson Yards

The Obama Center architect answers Curbed’s 21 Questions.

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Writers @geoffmanaugh and @nicolatwilley have been working for years on a book called The Coming Quarantine. The quarantine has arrived ahead of the book ( which is due out next spring). I interviewed them a few days ago for @architectmag. fw.to/IuJNoth
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Cities were designed to rid #rainwater to mitigate floods, but #LA will become a sponge, @aridlandsinst, @smallspace bit.ly/1sRNSlQ
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Conservatives want big houses & liberals want walkable communities people-press.org/2014/06/12/…
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New contender for favourite photograph in the world:
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Overheard in lunch line at AIAJacksonHole conf: "If God had meant us to be vegetarians he would have made broccoli a lot more fun to shoot."
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George Lucas to NYTimes re Presidio Trust: "They hate us." So much for tact re his museum bid at Crissy Field. nyti.ms/15vU71C
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How to properly pronounce Ikea names bit.ly/12MEOwN
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Craig Newmark at #sxsw: "I used to believe in citizen journalism.Then I learned the value of writing well, fact-checking, professionalism"
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a new kind of shipping container architecture in san francisco, complete with 'hovering' glass cube: bit.ly/TGZLdq
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San Francisco holds a design competition. Invitees include Jeanne Gang, James Corner and BIG. bit.ly/JaDEBe
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This is cool -- all in-print books 20% off @StoutBooks this week. On-line too: bit.ly/teIHo
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San Diego narrowed 5 lanes to 2. Avg speeds cut from 50 to 25, sales up 30%. You can't retail at 40mph. #ExpInnov #CPlan MT @andrewjfaulkner
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