Urban Action 2007

2007 Urban Action Team and the Editors’ Introduction

 

San Francisco: A City with a Vision
6 Erik Hillstrom

 

Housing in Hayes Valley: A Shifting Profile
13 Robin Abad Ocubillo

 

Residential Parking Regulation in San Francisco: The Unintended Consequences of Residential Parking Minimums
20 Zack Kerwin

 

Understanding the Importance of Place: A Conversation with John Mollenkopf
26 Alexandra Iselin Waldhorn

 

Making it in Education: A Personal Comparison of Public and Private School Education
29 Melissa Ortiz

 

Housing Profile of a San Francisco Neighborhood: Chinatown
33 Sherman Gee

 

If You Build It They Will Come
38 Annie Dods

 

Rent Control: San Francisco’s Security Deposit
39 Joe Rukus

 

The Faces Behind the Ellis Act
46 Ian Thomas

 

The Mission Creek Watershed: From Prehistory to Post-Modernity
51 Robin Abad Ocubillo

 

Postcard from Marrakech
58 Andrew Sullivan

Istanbul: Living Together Separately
60 Friederike Hoffmann

 

San Francisco’s Tenderloin: A Photo Essay
68 David Field