Architecture

Affordable, accessible, and built by a woman: The Kelsey Civic Center
Genevieve Morton, a project engineer for a general contractor in San Francisco, is working on the Kelsey Civic Center Project, a 8-story, 100% affordable, fully ADA-accessible housing complex that will open this fall.

Just a Shadow Offers a Powerful Journey of Grief and Healing Through Dance
Just a Shadow, presented by Megan Lowe Dances, is a dance performance that uses architecture as part of its practice and invites the audience to embark on a journey of mutual healing and the processing of grief over the loss of a loved one.

The 2025 SF Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the finest locally

‘House of Commons’ exhibition lays out the future of communal living
In an increasingly uncertain world, the conventions of yesteryear begin to falter. In 2022, when nearly a third of the American workforce earns less than $15 an hour, the notion of securing stable employment and purchasing a home to populate with your very own nuclear family seems almost quaint in its

Hidden East Bay Wonders: Berkeley’s Thornburg Village
Hidden East Bay Wonders brings you everything weird, whimsical, and wonderful in the East Bay. Featured this week: Berkeley’s Storybook-style Thornburg Village.

The Oldest Surviving Buildings in 7 San Francisco Neighborhoods
San Francisco is an old, iron safe filled with gold, glory, disaster, and secrets. SFCentric History is a column, by SF writer V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi, that digs in the vaults of local history and shares the sensational people, places, and things that rocked San Francisco. One of the indicators that

SFCentric History: THE 1850S TANFORAN COTTAGES IN THE MISSION
Photo: David Sawyer/Flickr The Mission is the oldest neighborhood in San Francisco. With that distinction, comes antique architecture and notable addresses. Such is the case of the Tanforan cottages at 214 and 220 Dolores St. These homes belonged to Toribio Tanforan and his family and are two of only about

The Salesforce Tower Looks Like a Giant Butt Plug
This piece is featured in my new limited edition zine Slouching Towards Neverland: 20 Years of Writing About San Francisco. Find out how to get a hand signed copy right here. This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column for the SF Examiner. As I look out my window, I

Win Tickets to REAL 2015: ART+SCIENCE+TECH @ Fort Mason!
The site describes this event as a place “Where The Sensor Meets The Creator. A groundbreaking convergence of art, architecture, entertainment, engineering, health, heritage, media and manufacturing exploring the future of 3D, from reality capture to augmented reality, 3D digitization to 3D printing.” But, I honestly got distracted