Las Urbanistas

It’s been almost ten months since many of Us went to San Francisco for a conference, but I came across these pictures and thought I’d share.

Planner tagging? Written on the window of the Ross on Market near the convention center the planner-types flocked to.

Yerba Buena gardens: I love how the plastic hawk keeps birds out of the fountain, and the juxtapositon of the brick church in front of the glas towers.

Costa Mesa is working on the SoBECA district, Irvine has long had its IBC, which I wish people would pronounce Ibeca, but let me tell you, I would just about do anything to live in a neighborhood called the Nightie Drawer.