Welcome to the Let’s Explore series, where we explore a notable place from an urban design perspective, seeing how its layout and design influences the experience of being there. In this installment, we visit Patricia’s Green, one of San Francisco’s best public spaces.
San Francisco’s Free Gold Watch is a cool little pinball arcade in a former garage. In cities swimming in street-deadening garage doors, could we convert garages to other more productive uses? It’s already happening and the results are inspiring.
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Buildings are like food: The less processed their ingredients, the better they are for you. Conques, a medieval village in the south of France, captures the heart because it’s made with the right ingredients. We look closely at this charming place to discover the source of its beauty.
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When scandal plagues police departments is the problem just bad people? And is it a coincidence that such corruption breeds inside the many terrifyingly-designed police headquarters across the country? We investigate and look at a solution from Japan.
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Block parties make the world a better place. And yet, many cities make the process cumbersome and expensive. We look at all US cities of over 300,000 to see who’s encouraging block parties and who isn’t.
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