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The internet is filled with things. Here are some of them.

#land use

2026

Public Open Spaces in Downtown San Francisco 2026 Mar 30    downtownsf.org
One of those things that most visitors to San Francisco have probably experienced but not realized were a thing are some of the privately owned but public open spaces in downtown, such as some of the micro forests and rooftop gardens. About ten years ago, I made a list and visited as many as I could in one day. Perhaps it's time to return.

2025

The Albany Bulb 2025 Nov 10    boomcalifornia.org
A spit of landfill sticks out into the San Francisco bay from the small city of Albany, and emergent peninsula built on what is literally trash.
Along the shoreline an iron samurai wields a sword and a fifteen-foot-tall woman reaches to the sky with a beseeching gesture. Her windswept hair is made of branches, her skirts of twisted tin. Painted gargoyle faces stick their tongues out at you from truck-sized pieces of concrete. Tibetan prayer flags flutter in the distance. You can hear the tinkling and squeaking of kinetic scrap metal sculptures spinning in the breeze.
That's so cyberpunk.