neighborhood guides
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submitted by Lisa 190 weeks 1 day 22 hours 38 minutes ago
Many rookie tourists stick to Midtown Manhattan, where they can easily get the impression that in New York City everyone is always rushing, that you can barely see the sky and that nature is virtually absent. In fact, its most storied natural phenomenon, the Rockefeller Center...(more)
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submitted by Grace 192 weeks 2 days 22 hours 55 minutes ago
FOR much of the 1990s, San Francisco’s Mission District maintained a precarious balance between its colorful Latino roots and a gritty bohemian subculture. Then came the overfed dot-com years. Rising real estate prices not only threatened the Mission’s working-class enclave, but also its status as the...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 191 weeks 3 days 8 hours 21 minutes ago
Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga Surrounded by golden hills and a bounty of vineyards and situated at the base of Mount St. Helena in the northern Napa Valley, Calistoga maintains its rustic, Western charm. On Lincoln Avenue, visitors will find red-brick buildings, covered sidewalks and historic homes. Known...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Green Living 82 weeks 2 days 10 hours 59 minutes ago
First you see the surreal whimsy of 23 parking meters welded onto elongated steel poles, like some robotic bouquet rustled by the wind. Then come four blocks of ecologically smart street design: permeable paving, low-energy lighting and beds of drought-tolerant landscaping that double as storage basins...(more)
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written by mernit 218 weeks 12 hours 9 minutes ago
Review of a local restaurant
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 199 weeks 4 days 20 hours 18 minutes ago
Robert Irwin, the artist who designed the Central Garden at the Getty Center, has walked the landscape monthly ever since it opened a decade ago. He quietly retired this year, ending his role as shepherd of what he has long called “sculpture in the form of...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Green Living 177 weeks 4 days 20 hours 46 minutes ago
Spiral Gardens is a windfall for many low-income, older and minority people living in South Berkeley, volunteers and staff members say.
A nursery, community farm and community harvest project at the corner of Sacramento and Oregon streets, the garden center sets up an organic produce stand on...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Bicyclism 133 weeks 2 days 9 hours 2 minutes ago
The key missing link for one of the Bay Area's great bike road trips is complete.
The new bike lanes on the Benicia-Martinez and Carquinez bridges provide connections for a loop ride of 25 to 50 miles. Or use one of two parks, Martinez Regional Shoreline or...(more)
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submitted by Grace 207 weeks 2 days 19 hours 20 minutes ago
Adjacent to Highway 24 on the outskirts of Walnut Creek, Boulevard Way is a wide-lane, busy shortcut containing a funky mix of apartment houses, one-story businesses and auto shops. It's also a spot to munch on a deli sandwich alfresco, shop for boutique fashions and hunt...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Urban farming 98 weeks 3 days 2 hours 51 minutes ago
These goats are working Bayview Hunters Point
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submitted by Lisa for team Outdoor news 247 weeks 4 days 19 hours 20 minutes ago
THERE'S AN old saying that you enjoy something more when you have to earn it. Abbotts Lagoon at Point Reyes National Seashore falls into that category because the nearest parking is 1.5 miles away.
One of the reasons the beach along Abbotts Lagoon is less crowded is...(more)
