The Haight: Hippie Love

“The suburban subdivision was unquestionable a successful product. For many, it was a vast improvement over what they were used to. The houses were specious compared to city dwellings, and they contained modern conveniences. Air, light, and a modicum of greenery came with the package” (Kunstler, 105). Once again, living in Levittown was more logical than living anywhere else.

It is a clean and stylish residential area ideal for families, with an ongoing economic growth and a friendly neighborhood vibe. It has excellent sporting facilities, two golf courses, bowling clubs, playing fields, a skate park, boutique

Sited in the northeast corner of Nocatee, the Twenty Mile neighborhoods contain the largest lots, the most natural views and the (mostly) undisturbed settings of any Nocatee neighborhoods. Your skyline won’t be broken by surrounding power poles, other homes jammed side-by-side or the noise of nearby commercial corridors. Although you will spot neighbors’ roofs or yards — hey, it’s a neighborhood, right? — your primary views will be blue Sunshine State skies, the cool canopy of old live oaks and the shimmering surfaces of ponds and lakes.

The San Francisco, California, Bayview-Hunters Point district carries the stigma of being a ghetto because of issues such as a lack of education, poverty, crime, and disease, which push financial investors away and lowers the number of homeowners willing to occupy the area. Today, the district is faced with the task of redeveloping its housing, economy, parks, and streets after decades of strife. This report is written in the context of urbanization of Bayview-Hunters Point that began during 19th-century livestock slaughter housing and carried on through 20th-century industrialism. The San Francisco Naval Shipyard project was an initiative made by the United States Navy during World War II in a bid to house thousands of new employees and their

Hayes Valley is currently known for having tons of new and hip boutiques, restaurants, bars and has been recently one of San Francisco’s hotspots for art installations. Situated about three blocks away from Civic Center and about four blocks from Market, Hayes Valley offers a quiet escape for local San Franciscans who want to splurge on fine dining and clothing in contrast to other commercial parts of San Francisco filled with tourist. By no means is Hayes Valley’s commercial neighborhood only for locals, it attracts tons of tourist day by day, but in comparison to most of the other neighborhoods in the city, Hayes Valley is a modest destination t that has gone through a drastic change in the last two decades.

On May 3rd when I visited the site where the Norman Blumberg Housing Project once stood, the air was hauntingly peaceful. I had read about the notoriety of the site during my research, how over its existence it had become an area of concentrated poverty and crime, but on this day this urban setting was quiet and calm. On the two square city blocks where a complex of apartment buildings once ruled the landscape, only a single high-rise remained among the unchecked wild grass. However, even in the peacefulness of this day in Sharswood, the looming presence of the infamous Norman Blumberg Apartments could still be felt.

Among the many attractions of the San Francisco Bay area, there is a peculiar park within the city. This park is contoured by walls, intercalated by open gates. Seems that the park is a mini town, inside San Francisco, for behind those walls there are many amenities originally built as residence, hospital, schools, offices. This is the Park Presidio of San Francisco. The original Presidio was an area of about 3 square miles located between the city of San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean that functioned as an Army post from 1776 until 1994. First, it was under the control of the Spanish, followed by Mexicans, and then by the Americans (Benton-Short, 1998). In 1994 the Golden Gate National Recreational Area (GGNRA) assimilated the Presidio as part of its control. Today, the park is considered the largest urban national park in the world, with 3.5 million visitors each year ( Foundsf). The history of the Presidio tells us about the social transformation in American culture regarding classes, race, gender (www.presidio.gov). Also, the history tells us about the original ecosystem of

The community offers residents a variety of stylish one- and two-bedroom floor plans including luxurious townhomes with direct-access garages. There are also several brand new apartment complexes, and all residences are set within a friendly neighborhood adorned with serene Mediterranean-inspired courtyards.

Introduction- The East Bay area is an economically diverse community with many satisfactory and unsatisfactory aspects. Each city had its differences and distinctions in people, settings, and cleanliness. As the bus left the station and went around the corner I could tell that we were in a low poverty city. With loose trash and debris in front of houses and apartment buildings, the area looked torn down and not very visual pleasing. Already familiar with the city of Emeryville I knew to expect a more upscale location. With plenty of name brand stores, and new apartment complexes, it was obvious this city was clean and very different from the previous location. As the bus

In the Santa Clara Valley, in the years following the war, comparatively very few homes were built in the ways discussed so far in this chapter. The overwhelming majority were built in large tracts numbering from 50 to 200 homes or more. I will tell you how this mass-produced housing came into being in Chapter 7, but for now will continue with some additional GI stories.

           From a tourist perspective, San Francisco is gold, but beyond the golden hills and the high amount of bays are a boatload of issues that are not obvious by just looking at pictures. For one, there is an obvious difference in the poor and the rich and, by obvious, I mean there are people sleeping on the same sidewalks the rich have their Porsche parked. This is mainly due to the gentrification that goes on in San Francisco. Gentrification is the process of buying and renovating homes and businesses in an area to suit the taste

Contextualizing history is heavily intertwined with the development and shaping of Los Angeles as a whole. Los Angeles has always been deemed to be one of the hardest cities to develop in being one of the greatest cities in the world. This comes as a result of all of the history behind the buildings in the city. In addition, many of the buildings in the great city (both historical structures and regular buildings) are being renovated and reshaped to keep up with modern trends. Throughout the course of the growth of the city of Los Angeles, the city has seen a lot of growth in terms of infrastructure and population. There has been a recent growth in the popularity and demand for mixed use development. Mixed use development is a very hot

Halcyon is going to have 87 single family homes, 155 townhomes, 160 55+ multifamily unites, and 300 multifamily units. They will all be just a short walk away from your office, great cafés, and wonderful restaurants. Also, you be directly connected to Big Creek Greenway so you can bike or walk with your pet at any time that is convenient to you. There will be 230,000 square feet of retail for all your shopping needs . Halcyon is building a community where you don't need to get into your car and sit in traffic to have access to great food, work, and

I'm emailing since texting everyone individually is impractical and in some cases impossible. I was considering inviting David Brighton home for Easter since he has nothing else going on. Mother said it would be okay. However, I don't want him to be invasive so I thought I should check with everyone before I proceeded. Please let me know if you take issue with me inviting him otherwise I'll assume you are okay with it.

Los Angeles was the first product off the assembly line of American urban planning. Turned on in the late 19th century, the city-making machine was fueled by an immense immigration of people who sought to create a new type of city out of the previously quaint pueblo. They also strove to craft the first major city developed primarily by Americans and outside of European archetypes. As a result, Los Angles is not only incredibly diverse, but also nearly impossible to define. Since it is a product of the American machine, understanding the community of Los Angeles becomes vital to understanding the United States. But to fully comprehend the present Los Angeles, one must look at the process that created it. Specifically, Los Angeles was